Zambezi regional Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says that they have so far obtained 260 vehicles and two helicopters ahead of elections.
Regional electoral officer Lesley Simwanza said this on Monday.
He added that the whole fleet of 271 is being hired for the elections.
The region would have procured all vehicles by Monday.
“As for the two helicopters, we will use them to start transporting the sensitive election material and non-sensitive material to remote areas such as Impalila Island and flood-prone areas,” he said.
Simwanza further said that their procurement of generators, tents, chairs and other materials has also been finalised.
He added that 95% of the 1 003 polling officials did well in a written test.
“We also selected the presiding officers based on the highest performance in the test and our returning officers also went through thorough training,” he said.
Simwanza implored residents that have lost their voter’s cards to make sure that they get a police declaration to obtain duplicate cards.
“We have so far only issued 20 duplicate cards in the Katima Mulilo Urban constituency. The rural constituencies have not issued any duplicate voter cards,” he said.
He added that the ECN has 221 polling stations in the region with 141 teams.
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