Jubilee Party's Deputy Organising Secretary Pauline Njoroge has flown out of the country to Bangladesh to join a team of election observers selected to monitor the country's polls scheduled for January 7. 

Njoroge was appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) among nine other experts selected from different countries. 

The team, which is led by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, was picked by Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, as requested by the Bangladesh Election Commission.

In a report by digital strategist Wahome Thuku, CET will meet various groups, such as political parties, the police, and civil societies, among others, ahead of the polls.

The Commonwealth Secretariat occasionally picks distinguished people from specific fields and its member states to act as election observers. 

Njoroge is a renowned personality in digital media and also acts as a communication expert for various organisations. 

She is also the Deputy National Organizing Secretary of the former ruling party Jubilee, which is headed by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Bangladesh will hold its 12th election since 1971, when it declared its independence from Pakistan. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009, is expected to retain her position in an election projected to be marred with controversy.

Hasina of the ruling Awami League is the 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh and daughter of the founding father and first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

She looks set to be re-elected for a fourth straight parliamentary term, with international media houses reporting that the main opposition parties plan to boycott the poll after its leaders were arrested and jailed. 

Opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), argued that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may not hold a free and fair election as she was keen on retaining power by all means necessary. 

"Democracy is dead in Bangladesh... what we are going to see in January is a fake election," Abdul Moyeen Khan, a top opposition leader, told UK's BBC.