Fredrick Moyo
Masvingo province recorded only 65 new voter registrants during the month of January, together with 54 transfers, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial office has confirmed.
Masvingo ZEC Deputy Provincial Election Officer (PEO) Maxwell Ncube confirmed that the registration figures are continuing to increase as compared to last year statistics and encouraged people to take advantage of the current ongoing mobile registration blitz.
“If you take a closer look at the registration statistics for January compared to what was happening in 2021, you will notice that there has been a slight increase in the turn up.
“I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all prospective registrants to take advantage of the mobile registration that is currently going on. They should come in their numbers and register. It is very important that they register as we are preparing for delimitation that is all about numbers,” said Ncube.
From the 65 people who registered to vote in January, there are 13 females and 52 males, while from the 54 transfers there are 14 females and 40 males.
ZEC is currently holding a mobile registration blitz that is running in two phases in which the first phase began on February 1 ending on February 28. The second phase will begin on April 10 to 30.
The mobile registration exercise is meant to make people in marginalised areas and those who have to walk long distances to access the offices to be able to register and also increase the numbers of people who are currently registering to vote.
Some Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) were given the green light to conduct voter education by the electoral management body.
