Prospective voters for the 2025 Malawi General Election from Salima District are showing up at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Registration centres to have their names registered in the electoral voter roll.
MEC’s District Elections Officer for Salima, Alinafe Chisenga, said the registration exercise is progressing very well and all 187 centres were opened at exactly 8:00AM.
Chisenga said so far, they have not received any major challenges from the centres, stressing that they have everything under control.
She however was dismayed by the absence of political party monitors in most registration centres, pointing out that MEC is a transparent entity and values involvement of all stakeholders in the electoral processes.
One of the potential voters who registered at Salima Community Hall centre, Chiguzeni Kamanga, said the process was very fast as it took him less than 5 minutes to be registered into the voters roll.
A tour of 10 centres across Salima District showed an encouraging number of potential voters queuing to have their names registered.
The registration process is being conducted with the newly adopted voter registration system using Election Management Devices and it will run from October 21 to November 3, 2014.
By Fostina Mkandawire, MANA
