ECZ registers over 1m voters

Patricia Banda-The Electoral Commission of Zambia -ECZ- has registered One Million, One Hundred and Six Thousand voters countrywide in the first phase of the voter registration exercise.

Vice President INONGE WINA says more data will be provided by the ECZ at the at the end of the registration exercise.

Mrs WINA said this when she gave the ministerial statement in Parliament today in response to a point of order raised by UPND Member of Parliament JACK MWIIMBU who wanted to find out whether ECZ will manage to register its target of 9 million voters.

And Mrs WINA has assured the nation that the ECZ will be able to review the voter registration exercise after each phase and that the officers will be able to go back to capture those that will be left out.