Dar surpasses set voter listing target

>Chadema said yesterday the National Electoral Commission (NEC) should state when it will start to register voters in Dar es Salaam and Coast after the exercise was postponed in the two regions.

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has suspended voter registration in Coast and Dar es Salaam regions because of the lack of biometric voter registration (BVR) kits.

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has postponed the Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) exercise, which was set to commence on May 5, this year in Mbeya region until further notice.

Dar es Salaam/Nachingwea/Mbeya. The biometric voter registration in Nachingwea Urban Council was cancelled after 12 of the 14 kits sent there failed to work, it has emerged.

>The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has released a new voter registration timetable that will be carried out by Biometric Voter Registration (BVR).

Technological advancement is supposed to represent good news by making life easier and happier for mankind. It also promotes efficiency and curbs fraud. It is deeply upsetting then that, only four months or so to the General Election, the voter registration process is mired in controversy and, of all things, in a technology issue.

Pieces of electronic equipment impounded at MM Integrated Steel Mill in Dar es Salaam are not biometric voter registration (BVR) machines, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) said yesterday.

>As National Electoral Commission (NEC) starts voter registration in Njombe Region tomorrow, residents have expressed their anxiety over poor preparations and lack of communication among stakeholders.

>Ngara District Council is set to use a personnel of 398 in the biometric voter registration (BVR) process at 194 stations; senior official has said.