The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has awarded Universal Print Group Limited of Durban, South Africa a tender to print ballot paper booklets and nomination forms for the 2011
tripartite elections.
ECZ Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna said the tender was awarded to Universal Print Group after fulfilling all the tender requirements.
He said the award of the tender follows invitations by the commission of sealed bids from interested bidders through open tender procedures for the supply and delivery of ballot paper and nomination forms in April this year.
Mr. Akufuna said the tender was advertised in the print media for four weeks.
“This follows the invitation by the commission of sealed bids from interested bidders through open tender procedures for the supply and delivery of ballot paper and nomination forms on 27th March, 2011 which closed on 29th April 2011. The tender was advertised through the
print media for a period of four weeks” he said.
He disclosed that eight companies responded to the invitation and were evaluated in accordance with the laid down procedures.
He added that three companies qualified for technical evaluation and were examined in accordance with the technical specifications that were provided with specific references to bidding document.
Mr. Akufuna said in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today.
He said two companies qualified for analysis of their past performance records and site inspection was done on 6th and 7th June 2011.
He further said that the commission also inspected machinery and production technology and the security and surveillance technology at the premises and surroundings.
“Apart from inspecting machinery and production technology in place the commission also considered the security and surveillance technology at the premises and surroundings. In addition the commission needed to ascertain the binding, finishing, sorting,packaging, audit trail and related technologies at the printing facilities”
“And Universal Print of the republic of South Africa satisfied all these requirements and the commission has therefore awarded the tender to the company” he said.
Universal Print of South Africa was also contracted to print the 2006 General elections and the 2008 Presidential elections.
ZANIS
Middle Income Country that cannot even print ballot papers locally. My foot
Okay, now kindly tell Bwezani to tell me the election date. We nid to maka u guys ths time around more seriously so dat no rigging and pls no pencils this time around for entering data
Yep #1! You mean this country cannot print simple ballot papers? OMG!! I think zed needs an electronic voting system – biometric if you ask me!! MMD will panic at that prospect as they want to rig as ussual!
Akufuna we be watching you and you moves.We have no time to waste, that is you job you try rig the elections you will see this year..We are off to Chipata Eastern PART OF ZAMBIA. NAKABA BALL. UMUKALAMBA A LEPE A HOUSE WHICH THE LATE FTJ GAVE ALONG TIME AGO.nOW HE CAN TELL THE DATE SINCE A KUFUNA HAS TOLD THE NATIONAL THE BALLOT PAPERS.October 2 the term of office is kuyabe be le Don’t kubeba
Is this development you the MMD you re talking about .Dora tell as vuvu sila foe MMD.NCC grounded by Vice president Kunda,printing grounded by Dora Silya.Please ba sir give as the date for elections so you put names on the ballot papers.We will 60 monitore to Durban and 50 from the NGO.S.No rgging this year.VJ pase
In terms of procurement, we can not always one company to do the printing of ballot papers unless you agreed to rig the elections with them. Rotating suppliers espcially when people complian about rigging by the way was the opposition and ruling party in azttendance in chosing.
“Universal Print of South Africa was also contracted to print the 2006 General elections and the 2008 Presidential elections”
Imwe ba ZANIS shuuwa! How did Universal Print of South Africa print the 2006 and 2008 elections shuuwa?
HONESTLY THIS GOVT DOESNT STOP TO AMAZE ME. LOCALLY THE CATHOLICS HAVE A STATE OF AN ART MACHINERY TO DO THE PRINTING OF THE BALLOT PAPERS. WHY WASTING SO MUCH RESOURCES AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO AN OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW I HAVE NEVER IN MY 32YEARS OF MY LIFE HEARD OF ANOTHER COUNTRY BRINGING THIS OR THAT TO BE DONE IN OUR COUNTRY I MEAN IS THIS WHAT WE CALL UNPRECEDENCE DEVELOPMENT. GUYZ LETS OPEN UP OUR EYES OTHERWISE IF WE DONT CHANGE THIS GOVT WE WILL JUST BE ROTATING WITH THE SAME THINGS. WILL JUST BE ROTATING WITH THE SAME THINGS.
i wouldnt use the catholic press with Telephone mpundu and Frank bwalya lurking in the shadows. the best would have been the goverment printers, they have the best press in the country-state of the art
This is the final nail in the MMD coffin. They have taken Zed for a ride for tooooooo long. A change is inevitable.
Government Printers has capacity to print ballot papers. The problem is the opposition is so big mouthed that it wouldn’t work. It is better to print them outside the country because if they are printed within the country, the opposition will start crying foul.
Jomo – the reason why Rubbish Bin wants to use a Durban based Company is such that they print extra ballot papers which may be infused into the system. That scenario cannot be if the Catholics handled the process. The goodness is now we know exactly how MMD wins and will not have it any easy this year. We will monitor the Elections to the last counted ballot paper without ceasing. MMD is going whether by Wook or Crook.
AT least now shrek will announce his departure date.
This is the same company they use to print ballot papers even in 2006 same printed ballot papers, coz MMD want to win again through dubious means so ECZ is been used again wow. How on earth can a Middle income country fail to print its own ballot papers? more questions than answers.
Mr Mpombo former De fence Minister, Mr Mulongoti former MMD Chairman of elections, Mr Chitala former MMD campaign Chairman the list goes on and on. All are now in the PF, please put the Zambian minds at rest by explaining how you used to rig elections when you were in MMD.
Friday the 11th of November or 11/11/11 is the most important day in my life, not what ECZ are saying, yes I a,m getting maried to my fiance Nick, thank you
Now coming back to zambia, I would care less about the elections, right now there is a lot of comedy.
Parick Mwanawasa, Buffaloes being tamed by PF
The country is a laughing stock,, If Zambia was an employee they would be sacked, I am sorry I have got to say this but I consider people that have never been abroad to be a little backwards because they wouldnt have seen what I have seen and have a different perspective on life.
Zambia is a weak link, and predominantly people contributing here are in diapora and may never return to poor zambia EVER anyway. Bye zambia, Hi Scotland, soon I will have a British passport, Thanks
stupid Mushota
u are so behind , the big. ur comment sounds so childish.
who cares about ur british passport. u are just suffering there, wiping
old peoples butts,cleaning amafi. i consider u to be so behind.
u friends are enjoying their country or our country.
ba mushota its sad have had a test of the diaspora in your old age and talking about my counrty as if you were not its citizen .its the country that has provided that passport you have and the one you about to get but you do not have to have a big mouth to talk about things you cannot make a change about ,i believe that your relatives are also poor do not be foolish wake up this is 2011 dear we can be poor materially but you are poor mentally.proudly ZAMBIAN BA MWILA
Can we indeed have a good mole on this one please to void rigging!!
#15, lol, i share your passion.
Rock in a hard place…….but imagine of this was a local company owned ny a Mr Bwalya perhaps….or even a Mr Tembo…!!!!!
Mushota,
Congratulations on your up coming marriage to your boyfriend. Hopefully, you have not been cohabitting with the person you must love and respect the rest of your life.
On the Zambian front, if you couldn’t care less about us, can you please stop commenting on Zambia and what is going on there, or stop pretending, and own up that you still care about us.
mushota, chi nio co
Progress noted with satisfaction.now let wait & see…
Mushota get married and signa pre nap divorce is coming tomorrow . You don’t marriage to get a British passport. Have a life
I dont know if ever their will be free and fair process in zambian election.whats even the point of bidding for a succesiful bider when ecz already know the wining company.this same company is the one which even printed the 2006 and 2008 ballot papers with some papers already casted.how i wish i can able to purse the ecz to atleast change the company this time for transparents sake.anyway lets wait and see but lets just be alert with some culprits movements,people like vj and the likes of…
Mushota….why do you always have to pass silly comments on this blog about Zambian… I am also a Zambian living abroad in a much more stable country that you are with the best economy but i respect my background, my country and everybody in it……you better change for your own good…SHAAAAAAAAAA! STUPID….
Rigging has started!!!
We are never serious. Printing used to be done by Govt Printer in the past even in 1991 which was very crucial. We are creating jobs for those chaps in Suth Africa for doing the job that is supposed to be done here. We have Horizon and others. And RB goes to get excited at World Bank’s declaring Zambia a middle income country when on the other hand we are creating wealth for other countries.
Alaah mushota ku meka with feky kamarriage wait the time is comin when you sad that kamarriage
With ECZ all what we need is 2 know the election date.
No. 13 no need to worry. We’ve gotten enough information from them on where rigging was taking place and will ensure we together with the Catholic faithfulls and other well meaning Zambians ensure all loose ends are tight.
That is why MMD prisides over 80% unemployment. All their decisions are short sighted and nveer benifit Zambia in the long run. They would rather rent than build, then show off the monies saved. They are boasting that GRZ has money to give ECZ for those ballots to be printed outside. That is what we are saying 20 yrs of this sellingout has reduced Zambians to thinking nothing can be done without forreign help. That is why i will be voting for any nationalists in the house, maybe zambias diginity can be restored in 90 days. Enough of this internationalist RB and his sons. It is time to put Zambia first.
Mushota,i dont think you live in UK.Please say the truth to pipo back home.Home is home and home is sacred.You will never be assimilated as an equal in this land.You will always be a bloody foreigner.ethnic minority,sponger,wog, and always asked when you are going back to u r country even after living here for a 100 years.LET PIPO AT HOME KNOW THIS and STOP LYING PLZ
Mark my words .MMD has won using the company
mushota, i still doubt your state of education or if you truelly live in scotland.i have met alot of congolese (dr)claiming to be zambians but saying ill of it,but after scrutinize them they confess of having stayed in zambia for some years.iam very sure that you fall in this scenario.but wish all the best of lucky in your marriage and just hope you are not marrying him for paper.
You do not need to marry a British, Scottish or Welsh person to get a British Passport.
If you have lived in the UK as a student, you can extend your visa after completing your course to a Working Visa for 4 years. After that, you automatically qualify to become a British Nationality. Or after you’ve entered the UK on a Working Visa, you can qualify after 4 years to get a UK Passport. If you are a business person, you just need to prove a certain amount of capital to the Home Office such as a £1m Pound Investment.
The question is – Are we prostituting ourselves in desperation of getting a British Passport? As for the Dual-Citizenship, that’s another matter to be addressed in the Zambian Constitution.
Ba # 16 i wish you were a Zambian,you can insult the politician but never insult our God given Land. you should know that they are people abroad far better than you but they have never insulted mother Zambia, home is home don’t be foolish as you live in Scotland,i believe time will come when you will need to be home and we will stand and defend our country.abroad as well
Ala mwebantu , dont pay attention to Mushota , she is obviously just bitch which a loose pussy who is tired of licking whites dicks. I overseas several times and back and most of the time i have met the so called Zambian intelectuals who claim to be doing fine but in actual fact they are just commercial sex workers, of course there are also real hard working and cultured women carrying our flag high . Iwe mushot ba noko akulumba MUCHINYO
Economy marriage , we musebanya ula kula , LT edited my comment
Ala mwebantu , dont pay attention to Mushota , she is obviously just B!tch***** with a loose Cunt ***** who is tired of licking whites dicks. I overseas several times and back and most of the time i have met the so called Zambian intelectuals who claim to be doing fine but in actual fact they are just commercial sex workers, of course there are also real hard working and cultured women carrying our flag high . Iwe mushot ba noko akulumba MUCHINYO
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Iwe Ka MUSHOTA #16 are you normal??? A.k.a.n.y.o k.o.b.e?? Zambia does not need Utupuba like u, LOSER. You will be divorced as attitude stink. Is your marriage genuine or it is of inconvenience MAYO, just to get a British passport?? Walitumpa sana. Good luck with ur divorce. Ka Gold Digger??
People please ignore Mushota, she is just dragging you into sin by insulting her, so i would appreciate if I could only read about the question in hand, why a South African Company again? Why not Botswana, Namibia or even Zimbabwe if it can’t be done in Zambia.
Mushota, wa tom banner mu matter call na Nick. Full Sake