Monitoring of the pre-election period    Monitoring the continues Bio-metric Voter Registration (BVR) to ensure that in is inclusive and does not discriminate against certain constituencies within the society. Monitoring the delivery of voter information, voter education and civic education ensuring that it does not discriminate against certain constituencies of people. Monitoring the establishment of the electoral legal framework (see strategic goal number 4) Monitoring Election period      Monitoring the candidate nomination, with focus on the rights to participant in elections as candidates. Monitoring the campaign period with a focus on the use of hate speech and incitement to ethnic hatred and violence, violation of the electoral codes of conduct and the misuse of public resources, Monitoring the media with specific focus on the rights to information and access to information by all. Monitoring the voting with focus on the secrecy of the ballot and the right to participant in the elections especially for marginalised groups such as youths, those leaving with disabilities and women. Monitoring the acceptance of the results Monitoring Post-Election Period    Monitoring the resolution of electoral disputes, to ensure that rights of those who participated in elections as candidates or voters are respected and protected. Monitoring the electoral reform process, Reporting Process Activities        Strategic planning: development of the monitoring strategy and methodology Materials development and assessment Recruitment, training and deployment of the Commission’s monitors Setting up of the monitoring data centre Setting up of the election monitoring internal communications system Data analysis, verification and reporting Outreach and engagement Process activities will be undertaken in all the phases of the electoral cycle N.B. It should be noted that the Commission might not be able to deploy monitors throughout the whole country to monitor the state of human rights during the election period and will also relay on information that will be provided by other stakeholders who will be monitoring the elections. It should be emphasized that this will be done whilst maintaining the independence of the Commission and ensuring that the reports received from these organisations are verified first before they are acted upon. A framework for collaboration will be established to allow for seamless exchange of information between the Commission and these key stakeholders (see strategic goal number 5) Information obtained from the Commission’s monitoring effort will be used effectively in a variety of different ways. It will be used to raise public awareness through awareness campaigns (see strategic goal number 2), as well as to apply direct pressure on the government to resolve issues identified in the monitoring effort that have a negative bearing on people’s participation in the elections. The Commission will bring the monitoring results to the attention of policy-makers, political parties, law enforcement agencies, relevant Chapter 12 institutions and in the international community. Further the Commission’s Human rights monitoring will provide valuable early warnings in situations of escalating conflict, and will assist the Commission in determining whether the environment is conducive for the conduct of free, fail and credible elections. 15 | P a g e