ECN kick-starts training for Kabbe South by-election

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) on Saturday commenced a four-day training session for 49 registration officials ahead of the supplementary registration of voters in the Kabbe South constituency.
The training is taking place at the Ngweze Community Hall at Katima Mulilo.
ECN’s Zambezi regional Emelectoral officer, Lesley Simwanza, says the training is a “refresher” for registration officials who will be targeting residents who have migrated or relocated to the Kabbe South constituency, as well as those who have recently turned 18, so that they may participate in the scheduled by-election in the constituency.
“We already have voters who are appearing on the voters’ roll in the constituency but what we will be doing after the training is to capture those that have turned 18 and those that have relocated to Kabbe South, thats why it is called supplementary voters registration,” he says.
The by-election in the constituency has been necessitated by the resignation of former constituency councillor John Likando, who was sworn into the eighth National Assembly on 25 March.
According to Simwanza, and as prescribed by law, the by-election must be held within 90 days from the date the vacancy arose.
Simwanza notes that the registration officials are expected to begin work from 10 to 12 April, with nine one-day mobile teams set to cover the entire flood-prone constituency.
“If all goes as planned, the by-election could be held on 17 June,” Simwanza says