A civil society organization in Mbala district has appealed to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to increase the number of voter education facilitators in the field in order to adequately cover the constituency.
Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) chairperson in Mbala, Frazer Muwowo disclosed in an interview with ZANIS that facilitators were few and could not cover the long distances between polling stations.
Mr. Muwowo described the facilitators as important people that should make Zambians aware of the exercise and turn en-masse to register as voters in the forthcoming general elections.
And Mr. Muwowo has revealed that in some places, people were not issued with National Registration Cards (NRC) during the mobile registration exercise hence the need to redo the exercise in these areas.
Mr. Muwowo, who is also District Voter Education Committee Chairperson, suggested that issuing of NRCs will allow more electorates to obtain voters’ cards for them to exercise their rights to vote in next year’s tripartite elections.
He also observed that lack of development in some far flung areas was increasing voter apathy.
Mr. Muwowo has described the poor state of most roads leading to polling stations as a demotivating factor for people to participate in elections
