By Ireen Mseteka

Likoma, May 20, Mana:  District Commissioner (DC) for Likoma, Abubakar Nkhoma has asked registered voters to verify their names during the three days’ voters’ inspection exercise expected to run from May 21 to May 23 in the district.

Nkhoma said this, Tuesday on the sidelines of a District Elections Supervisory Team (DEST) briefing exercise which was held in the district.

“As a district, we are set to start the voters’ inspection exercise, so I am encouraging all those who registered as voters to go to the centres where they registered or transferred, to verify their names,” said Nkhoma.

Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) Team Coordinator for Likoma, Thandiwe Zimba said the exercise will help voters know If they are in the register and if the details are correct.

“The voters need to know if they are indeed in the register and if their details are correct. Sometimes there might be some issues like having your bio data captured as a female but the face is for a male voter.

“We do not want to have these issues on the polling day, that is why we want to rectify such problems to make sure that our data, our voter register is very clear and has the right information,” said Zimba.

Director of Education and Sports (DES), Zimulange Mhango said the national primary school leaving certificate examinations which will run concurrently with the voters’ inspection exercise will not be affected.

“As a district, we have Nkhwazi and Yofu primary schools as centres which will be handling the two exercises, however measures have been put in place to make sure that they run concurrently without any challenges,” said Mhango.