National Registration Bureau (NRB) has opened registration centers which were closed.
This is in response to the request which Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament made when Bureau’s chief Mackson Somanje appeared before it last week.
For example, in Karonga district which is among the seven districts in the first phase of voter registration exercise, 11 registration centres have been opened to pave way for those who cannot go to the District Council to register.
Speaking in an interview, the Bureau’s spokesperson Norman Fulatira said “my office has responded positively to Legal Affairs Committee of parliament’s request to have national ID registration centres closer to people to enable them register.”
Asked whether his committee is now happy with NRB’s urgent response, chairperson for Legal Affairs Committee Kezzie Msukwa expressed worry over NRB’s delay, saying it is now a week since voter registration exercise began.
However, MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa said the initial arrangement was that after the national ID mass registration exercise, everyone goes to the DCs office or any designated post office to register.
Mary Nkhwazi of Malema Two village who has registered with both NRB and MEC was all smiles, saying the coming in of NRB has eased the situation.
In Karonga, NRB centres have been placed in all the district’s 10 Wards and Nyungwe Post Office.
The first phase of voter registration which ends on April 17 is underway in Chitipa, Salima, Dedza, Blantyre, Chikwawa and Nsanje districts.
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