Briefing the various stakeholders participating in the verification exercise, ECZ Principal Electoral Officer Policy and Procedure Steve Nyondo said the commission will start with the verification of presidential ballots.
Mr Nyondo has appealed to Returning Officers and their Assistants participating in the process to prioritise the exercise and not squeeze in personal business during the three day exercise.
He has also advised stakeholders to always carry their identification cards because they will not be allowed to enter the premises.
Mr Nyondo has also urged participants in the exercise to refrain from bringing unnecessary language in the warehouse or taking pictures of ballots which may incriminate them.
Mr. Nyondo adds that the verification which has commenced today is expected to end on 31st July.
Various stakeholders who include political party representatives, the media and observers are taking part in the verification process
How does the verification process started before the group that witnessed the printing in Dubai arrives? They were supposed to be part of the verification team. This is poor management from ECZ.
Correct Gumu Gumu! You can only certify a document upon sighting the original…manje iyi yeve, it’s not things ba ECZ kaleza ba Chris ”Afunika” sorry Akufuna!
Who is verifying these papers because the team that witnessed the printing is held up in Dubai?Do you people understand the WORD verification?How do you verify something you dont understand?Something you are seeing for your first time in yo life-is this verification or its Kudabbwa?These people will just been amazed at the quality & latest technology used on those papers,not even the Monitors we sent their fully understood what was going on,but atleast better them becos they kind of ve an idea now,as such they are the best people to verify what they saw & witnessed in Dubai.To say””yes,this is what we saw when we were there & it is genuine”,Otherwise its a waste of Zambian people’s time.Just who the fack is going to verify something that he wasnt there when it was being made in…
Electronic voting is the best, you don’t need a bunch of papers on a cargo plane. Namibia is a shining example in Africa.