By Yamikani Sabola

Mzuzu, October 22, Mana: Turn-up for fresh voter registration has improved in Mzuzu on Tuesday which marked the second day of the exercise ahead of 2025 polls.

There were queues of people waiting to register in some of the centers visited in the afternoon, unlike on Monday when elections management device (EMD) operators were found idling in most of the centers visited because they had no people to serve.

Center supervisor for Matope Junior Primary School in Mzuzu City North Constituency, Mariam Simfukwe expressed satisfaction with the numbers of people coming to the center for registration.

“There is tremendous improvement if we compare with the figures of yesterday. Today we have managed to register 123 people by now and more are coming. Yesterday we only registered 39 the whole day,” she said.

One of the registrants at Ching’ambo Primary School, John Munthali said he was happy to have registered his name and encouraged others to do the same to be able to exercise their right to vote next year.

“Elections come once every five years so I cannot afford to lose an opportunity to cast my vote. I urge everyone to come and register like myself so that they should be able to choose their desired political leaders next year,” he said.

City Elections Officer for Mzuzu, Pilirani Simkonda expressed hope that the turn-up will continue improving due to a mobilization campaign which Malawi Electoral Commission is carrying out in the city to ensure that more people register.

MEC is conducting first phase of fresh voter registration from October 21 to November 3, 2024.

The councils included in the phase are Chitipa, Karonga, Mzuzu and Nkhotakota, among others.