Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) District Electoral Officer in Lavushimanda, Robert Chisanga, has encouraged the voter education facilitators (VEFs) to work hard during the ongoing mass voter registration.
Mr Chisanga has said the voter education facilitators must work hard to ensure the district registers more people as voters.
Speaking during the District Voter Education Committee (DVEC) monitoring Makanga voter registration, Mr Chisanga described the ongoing mass voter registration as a very important exercise that must be taken seriously.
“This is an important activity and for us to score as a district target, we are depending on you voter education facilitators because you are foot soldiers to ensure that you reach as many would be voters,” he said.
The District Electoral Officer further encouraged the VEFs to work hard in the field because the ECZ system is tracking the number of registered voters in 116 Districts during the ongoing mass voter registration period.
“This time around we will be able to know who has done a good job through the ECZ tracking system because we will be able to capture how many voters have been registered,” he added.
Mr Chisanga further revealed that the voter education facilitators that are going to perform well during this mass voter registration process will be considered again for the 2026 ECZ voter education process.
And one of the voter education facilitators, Enos Kashili said the mass voter registration process has impacted the unregistered voters.
“People have welcomed this exercise because most of them didn’t have voters’ cards but upon seeing us, they turned out in good numbers to come and register, especially on the first and second day,” he said.
Mr Kashili further said that most of the citizens have expressed excitement for being able to transfer from one polling station to another.
“Others appreciate the fact that they will be able to vote from places near them,” he added.
He revealed that people with disabilities have expressed excitement for being inclusive in the registration process.
Obvious Himoonga, a resident of Makanga area, has thanked the Government for the mass voter registration initiative.
“I really appreciate the government for sending the voter registration officers to come, and we have benefited because they have followed us here,” he said.
Mr Moonga added that this process has reduced the cost of moving to far distances in order to register as voters.
The mass voter registration exercise will run from October 13th 2025, to November 11th, 2025.
