By Zenak Matekenya

Dedza, October 22, Mana: Registration for the 2025 General elections started Monday in Dedza with the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust expressing dissatisfaction with the turnout of people.

NICE Programme’s Manager, Daniel Malango on Tuesday said in an interview that statistics show that most centres failed to register more than 100 registrants.

“The highest we managed to capture was Chimbiya which had close to 200,” he said.

He said different stakeholders including Traditional leaders need to play a vital role in sensitizing communities on the importance of registering and voting in the general election.

He added that the worst group that has not shown interest to register so far are the youth.

Diocesan Coordinator, Dedza Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace Lawrence Puliti concurred with Malango that the registration process has started with poor turnout.

He said there is a need for a quick assessment as to why more people are not coming out.

Puliti further said stakeholders need to intensify awareness that people need to register for them to have the opportunity to elect leaders of their choice.

Dedza district has 266 centres where registration is currently taking place.