{"id":2827,"date":"2026-06-01T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:38:59","slug":"ethiopians-voting-freely-as-election-proceeds-smoothly-uhuru-kenyatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/ethiopians-voting-freely-as-election-proceeds-smoothly-uhuru-kenyatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopians Voting Freely as Election Proceeds Smoothly: Uhuru Kenyatta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/uuuuu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2828\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/uuuuu.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/uuuuu-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/uuuuu-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN PLUS-June 1,2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Head of the African Union Election Observer Mission and former President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has issued a statement on Ethiopia&#8217;s ongoing 7th General Elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union observers have been monitoring polling stations across Ethiopia since voting commenced this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that the majority of polling stations opened on time and that the voting process has been proceeding according to schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenyatta stated that the observer team witnessed Ethiopian citizens freely and voluntarily exercising their democratic right to vote, and commended their commitment to democratic participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBased on our observations, citizens are choosing the parties of their preference without any pressure,\u201d he said, describing the election process as peaceful, credible, and orderly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further noted that African Union observers deployed throughout the country are continuing to monitor the electoral process and will present a comprehensive assessment in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, the African Union Election Observation Mission reported that the election is being conducted peacefully and smoothly, while the security situation remains stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Leta Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-June 1,2026 The Head of the African Union Election Observer Mission and former President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has issued a statement on Ethiopia&#8217;s ongoing 7th General Elections. According to Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union observers have been monitoring polling stations across Ethiopia since voting commenced this morning. He noted that the majority of polling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethiopia","category-politics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2829,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}