{"id":4286,"date":"2022-05-24T13:06:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:15:59","slug":"by-elections-for-two-2-local-government-wards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/?p=4286","title":{"rendered":"BY-ELECTIONS FOR TWO (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(For Immediate release)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY-ELECTIONS FOR TWO (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the Electoral\nCommission of Zambia has prescribed Thursday\n30th<\/sup> June, 2022<\/strong> as the date on which to hold Ward by-elections\nin Lumbo Ward<\/strong> of Mongu Municipal\nCouncil in Western Province and Nshinso\nWard<\/strong> of Mkushi Town Council in Central Province. Nominations for the said\nby-elections will be conducted on Tuesday,<\/strong> <\/strong>7th<\/sup> June, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The by-election in Lumbo Ward has been necessitated by the death of\nCouncillor Akekelwa Wakumelo, of the United Party for National Development\n(UPND) on Tuesday 5th<\/sup> April, 2022.  The vacancy in Nshinso Ward is as a result of\nthe resignation of Councillor Xaviour Chisenga, of the Patriotic Front (PF) on\nMonday 4th April, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The polls will take place from 06:00 hours to 18:00 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aspiring candidates in the by-elections should lodge completed and\nattested statutory declaration and nomination papers subscribed before a\nMagistrate, Local Court Magistrate, Head of a Government Primary or Secondary\nSchool, Principal of a College, Commissioner for Oaths, Election Officer or returning\nofficer on Tuesday, 7th<\/sup> June,\n2022 between 09:00 hours and 15:00 hours.<\/strong> \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aspiring candidates in the Local Government ward\nby-elections <\/strong>should\ntake along with them nine (9) supporters\nwho must be registered voters in the affected wards<\/strong>. Male aspiring candidates will be required to pay<\/strong> One Thousand Five Hundred Kwacha<\/strong> (K1, 500.00)<\/strong>, for Municipal Council and Six Hundred Kwacha (K600.00) for Town Council,\nnon-refundable nomination fee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Female, Youth and Persons with Disabilities aspiring\ncandidates in the Local Government ward by-elections are required to pay One\nThousand Kwacha (K1, 000) for Municipal Council and Five Hundred Kwacha (K500) for\nTown Council, non-refundable nomination fee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Candidates in the by-elections must also\npresent certified copies of their Grade 12 Certificates, as a minimum academic\nqualification or equivalent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In view of this, the Commission wishes to advise\naspiring candidates who may wish to contest in these by-elections that failure\nto comply with these requirements shall render the nomination papers null and\nvoid. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media personnel and Registered Non-Governmental Organizations<\/strong> wishing to monitor\/observe the by-elections are advised\nto apply for accreditation in the respective districts which will take place\nfrom Saturday 4th<\/sup> to Monday 6th<\/sup> June 2022, for\nNominations and Monday 27th<\/sup> to Wednesday 29th<\/sup> June 2022\nfor the Polls. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accreditation for participating political party officials\/representatives\nof candidates wishing to monitor the by-elections shall only be up to a maximum of 10 members<\/strong> per political\nparty\/candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that only a maximum\nof 5 accredited members per political party\/candidate <\/strong>and two accredited representatives of NGOs<\/strong>\nshall be authorized to represent their respective political parties\/candidate\nor NGOs at the Collation Centre (Totaling Centre).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only five (5) senior officials<\/strong> of\nany participating political party\/candidate with Electoral Commission of Zambia\naccreditation will be allowed to accompany aspiring candidates into the\nNomination Centre during the filing of nominations. The rest of the supporters\nshould remain outside the 400 meter parameter from the Nomination Centre in\naccordance with the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that the campaign period for these elections commences on Tuesday 7th<\/sup> June, 2022 after 15:00 hours and will end at 18:00 hours on\nWednesday, 29th<\/sup> June, 2022.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, not more than two\n(2) political party members\/candidate representatives<\/strong> per participating\npolitical party\/candidate shall be allowed to witness counting of votes at the\nPolling Station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commission would like to further inform all\nstakeholders and participating political parties\/candidates that they are\nrequired to observe the Ministry of Health guidelines and procedures on the\nprevention of COVID-19. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward By-elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>\n PROVINCE<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n DISTRICT<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n CONSTITUENCY<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n WARD NAME<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 1<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Western\n <\/td>\n Mongu\n <\/td>\n Mongu Central\n <\/td>\n Lumbo\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 2<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Central\n <\/td>\n Mkushi\n <\/td>\n Mkushi North\n <\/td>\n Nshinso\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

For any clarification, please contact the Corporate\nAffairs Department on 0211 252208 or the District Electoral Officers in the\nrespective districts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patricia Luhanga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporate Affairs Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\/The Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ELECTORAL\nCOMMISION OF ZAMBIA<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the Electoral Commission of Zambia has prescribed Thursday 30th June, 2022 as the date on which to hold Ward by-elections in Lumbo Ward of Mongu Municipal Council in Western Province and Nshinso Ward of Mkushi Town Council in Central Province. Nominations for the said by-elections will be conducted on Tuesday, 7th June, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","category-public-notice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4287,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions\/4287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}