former Burundi president Domitien Ndayizeye.
The East African Community (EAC) is rooting for a peaceful election in Uganda on Thursday this week.
The regional organization says incident-free polls will guarantee stability against a recent election-related chaos there.
The EAC Election Observation Mission is led by the former Burundi president Domitien Ndayizeye.
"The Community attaches great importance to the promotion of democracy which will in turn guarantee political stability in the entire region" said on Monday.
Uganda goes to polls on Thursday in what observers consider to be a fiercely contested battle between the long serving president Yoweri Museveni and youthful Robert Kyagulanyi or Bobi Wine.
In recent months the election campaigns have been marred by violence, mainly pitting the protesters and the security forces.
This has led to scores of protesters killed, opposition politicians and their supporters arrested amid tension in the run-up to the voting day.
The former Burundi leader told journalists in Kampala that the EAC Mission will reinforce the work of domestic observer groups.
"At the end of the day this will increase public confidence in the entire electoral process", he said.
He added; "EAC believes regional observation can play a critically important supportive role that would enhance the credibility of the elections".
Mr. Ndayizeye, who was speaking during the launching of the Mission, said the team would observe the presidential and parliamentary elections.
He added that the mission aims to contribute to strengthening political accountability amongst the political actors in Uganda and other EAC states on election management.
For nearly two decades,EAC has been sending election observer missions every time a partner state organizes polls.
The Treaty that established the union requires partner states to adhere to the universally acceptable principles of good governance, human rights and social justice.
Such missions would also identify the weaknesses and challenges in organizing elections and make recommendations on how to strengthen the electoral processes.
The last mission, headed by another Burundi ex-leader Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, was sent to Tanzania to observe the October 28th General Election.
It generally gave a clean bill of health to the polls in which President John Pombe Magufuli was re-elected for his last five year term.
However, it urged the opposition leaders and activists who cried foul on alleged irregularities to seek legal redress.
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