lies in a citizenry conscious of its civil responsibilities and willing to take the trouble of exercising the right. [106] He also adopted the decision of the Supreme Court of Uganda in the case of Rtd. Col. Dr. Kiza Besigye v. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni And Electoral Commission32, where the Court defined free and fair elections to be where, inter alia, the electoral process is free from intimidation, bribery, violence, coercion, and results are announced in good time. [107] Secondly, as regards the changes to the electoral law, he submitted that following the recommendation of a Bi-Partisan Joint Parliamentary Committee, the various amendments to election law, geared towards enhancing the conduct of free and fair elections, were made. They included Sections 39 and 44 of the Elections Act which were amended to provide for the manner in which Presidential election results would be declared and published after close of polling and the introduction of the use of technology in transmission of results. That Regulation 79 of the Elections (General) Regulations as amended by L/N No. 72/2017 also introduced Forms 34A, B, and C for the purposes of declaration of Presidential election results while Regulation 83 was amended to introduce Regulation 83(2) which provides that the Chairperson of the Commission shall tally and verify the results at the NTC. The KIEMS system to be introduced under Section 44 further had a complementary manual system (which was upheld by the Court of Appeal in the case of National Super Alliance (NASA) 32  Rtd. Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye v. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni & Electoral Commission, Presidential Petition No. 1 of 2001.   Presidential  Petition  No.  1  of  2017                                                                                                                                                                                                            43  |  P a g e