Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:03:28 +0000 By SIMON MUNTEMBA GOVERNMENT has maintained that it remains committed to print ballot papers locally using the printing department for the 2021 general elections. Vice President Inonge Wina said if the printing department meets the specific technical security requirements for undertaking the assignment as well as adherence to the Zambia public procurement regulations, the ballot papers for 2021 would be printed locally. The Vice president said this yesterday in Parliament during the opening of the second session of the Twelfth assembly. Responding to a question by Nangoma United Party for National Development (UPND) Member of Parliament, Boyd Hamusonde, who wanted to know whether government had any plans to print ballot papers for the 2021 general elections locally, Ms Wina said ballot papers are highly sensitive thus stringent measures should be put in place. “Yes it is government’s plans to print ballot papers locally using the government printing department for […]
