The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced that it will soon kick-start the continuous voter registration exercise.
ECZ Public Relations Manager, Chris Akufuna told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the commission was currently putting in place the necessary logistical requirements.
Mr. Akufuna said ECZ would strive to stick to the earlier announcement by its Chairperson Justice Florence Mumba to commence the exercise this month.
“The Electoral Commission of Zambia will endeavor stick to the earlier statement by Justice Florence Mumba that the continuous voter registration will start by June this year and members of the public will be informed once the exercise begins,” he said.
Mr. Akufuna said the ECZ is working tirelessly to ensure that the exercise commences promptly.
The ECZ Public Relations Manager said the commission is alive to the fact that it needs to act with a sense of urgency over the matter.
He said the exercise would ensure that all eligible voters are capture so that they may exercise their right to vote.
Pressure is amounting on the ECZ to commence the continuous voter registration exercise.
Government this year allocated K5 billion in the national budget to the ECZ for the continuous voter registration.
ZANIS
Efyo tulefwaya. We dont want VJ to overtake this exercise. We want RB to go before we are finished
Please there is need for a holistic and not selective continuous registration based on partisan line. Continuous registration MUST mean, in PRAXIS according all those eligible to have their NRC regardless or perceived political affiliation. Systematic elimination of potential voters against a party affected should not be entertained! Let all be registered and later allowed to register as voters.
These people don’t think. Voters registration could be done automatically if the voter’s roll was linked to the national registration system. All they would have to is for the voter to check the voter’s role to indicate address change details. Why waste money paying people sitting just to do trivial things that can automatically be done by systems. If they were willing to lean we could help them but what can Teta, Mulongoti and their chief kaponya grandpa RB learn? People have advised but what advice do you expect Teta and Mulongoti to understand. Bwafya sana Zambia yalila mwee.
Agree with you #3.
Are they sure it is CONTINUOUS voter registration? It has breaks so it is not continuous! Let ECZ mean the words. Let them make it continuous, that is what we have been crying for all these past years.
plz dont involve that imbacile Danny kalale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this shuld be the time for PF/UPND to hold rallys and encarege every one to register all those kaponyas we need there votes this time not just voices plz
Make sure VJ is not involved.
Extend this to offices of the Ambassadors and High Commissioners representing Zambia abroad and overseas so that all eligible nationals can register. People do need to travel back to Zambia for this exercise.