District gets 66 BVR kits.

NEC chairman Damian Lubuva.

Lindi Urban District has received 66 kits for the Biometric Voters Registration (BRV) exercise according to its elections officer, Musa Nkolovigawa.

 

He revealed this recently at a seminar for voters registration. He said apart from the kits, other items received were stands for cameras, envelopes, T-shirts, caps, bags and ICR Forms.

 

He said this was a clear indication that registration of voters for the General Election would begin on April 24 as scheduled.

“We have employed at least 200 youths who are experts in using computers for storing information,” the officer told the opening session of the seminar recently.

 

For his part, the Lindi Regional Commissioner, Yahaya Nawanda, called on officers who would undertake the exercise to be keen.

He said registration of voters was very important in determining the future of the nation.

 

The RC told the seminar participants that being keen would ensure that all eligible voters who turn up are registered. The exercise in the region begins today and is expected to be completed on May 28 this year.

 

Early this week, the NEC announced that it had received 1,600 BVR kits.

 

NEC chairman Damian Lubuva told journalists that his office had received 248 kits that would be used in training officials before the beginning of registration in Iringa, Lindi, Ruvuma and Mtwara on April 24.

 

According to him, another set of 1,600 kits was expected to arrive at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam this week.

 

 “We will thereafter receive 1,152 kits that will be sent to Singida, Tabora, Kigoma and Kagera regions on a date to be communicated later,’’ Lubuva said.