Rarieda, Member of Parliament Otiende Amollo, has been appointed to lead the United Kingdom Election Observation Mission.
The team's primary role will be to observe the democratic process, share their findings, and make recommendations based on international best practices.
Amollo who is currently in the UK at the invitation and facilitation of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will lead a delegation of representatives from 19 states and territories, all former British protectorates.
The delegation includes parliamentarians from the State Assembly of Jersey, Grenada, Sri Lanka, Parliament of Turks and Caicos, Malta, Lesotho, Malawi, St. Lucia, the State of Alderney, New South Wales, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, among others.
Additionally, representatives were drawn from the Parliament of St. Kitts and Nevis, the State of Deliberation in Guernsey, Mauritius, the Parliament of St. Lucia, the Parliament of Anguilla, and the United Kingdom.
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Otiende Amollo expressed his enthusiasm for working with parliamentarians to observe the 2024 general elections in the United Kingdom.
“I know from my own experience that elections play an important role in strengthening democracies,” he stated.
Further, he said that parliamentarians deployed in the UK are drawn from various regions across the Commonwealth and will serve as impartial observers of the voting process.
“We look forward to observing electoral practices in a variety of contexts, regions, and nations reflecting the diversity of the United Kingdom itself,” he said.
