Dar surpasses set voter listing target

 

In Summary

The voter registration, conducted using the biometic voter registration (BVR) technology, saw the Dar es Salaam surpass the target by six per cent

By Henry Mwangonde The Citizen Correspondent

Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam Region registered more voters than those targeted during the 14 days of listing, according to information released by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Wednesday.

The listing, which was conducted using the biometic voter registration (BVR) technology, saw the region surpass the target by six per cent.

The region has registered 2,827,948 voters, equivalent to 100.62 per cent against the target of 2,810,423.

The NEC data shows that Kinondoni District is leading with the highest number of registered voters. It has managed to list 1,140,312 voters, equivalent to 103.4 per cent of its target to register 1,102,565 voters.

In Temeke 886,564 voters have been registered, equivalent to 98.9 per cent against the target of listing 896,142 voters, while Ilala registered 701,072 voters, equivalent to 98.7 per cent of the targeted 811,716 voters.

Nec said in a statement that the process has been a great success despite numerous challenges recorded in most parts of the country.

Since Saturday, NEC has embarked on the process of screening all those who have been registered.

Registration in the country’s key port and commercial city took off with various challenges ranging from uneven distribution of BVR machines and claims that some densely-populated areas received very few of them.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, nearly three million people in the city are eligible for registration. There were fears that the ten days allocated ealier for the listing would not be enough due to technical glitches. As a result Nec gave an additional four days to complete the listing.