Smartmatic Wins Uganda Biometric Voter Registration kit Contract with $22.4M bid
Uganda Electoral
Commission picks Smartmatic for biometric voter verification kits
Smartmatic has been evaluated as the best
bidder for providing biometric voter verification equipment for the 2021
election with its bid of Sh82.8 billion (US$22.4 million).
It beat Genkey, Idemia and Technology Associates according to the
article. The same company was awarded a Sh66 billion contract supply equipment
for the 2016 election.
President Museveni, who has been in power since 1986 and accused by
critics of electoral manipulation, stated last month that he wants to ensure
there is no vote rigging in next year’s poll.