By Ben Musanje
8th Aug 2022
Two Ugandan borders are experiencing an influx of returnees ahead of tomorrow’s elections in Kenya, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has noted.
Simon Mundeyi, the Internal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson says that the number of Ugandans mostly working in Kenya is returning through Busia and Lwakhakha borders.
Kenya is expected to hold a presidential election tomorrow with stiff competition between the Deputy President William Ruto and the opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Mudenyi says that the number of returnees has tripled to the usual number of people entering Uganda daily though Malaba and Swam river borders are still registering normal returnees.
He however notes that the returnees mostly working in Kenya could have got scared of the election situation and are back as they monitor the environment.
Meanwhile Tororo district authorities have earmarked Oriyoi primary school in Morukatipe sub-county and St. Jude primary school in Malaba town council as reception centers for refugees from Kenya in case tomorrow’s polls turn violent.
According to Tororo district authorities, the chaotic 2007 Kenyan elections taught them a lesson where they registered over 2000 refugees resulting from post-election violence.
Tororo Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Albert Amula, says that they are in touch with the United Nations High commissioner for Refugees and the Uganda Red Cross Society to camp in the area and provide support should the situation get out of hand.
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