Court strikes trafficked voters off the roll

As if a reflection of the exciting mood, on Tuesday, the Francistown Magistrate’s Court was a beehive of political activities as some opposition council candidates registered objections with the courts for barring some potential registered voters from voting in the 2019 general elections.

The applicants’ reasons for taking the court route stemmed from their strong convictions (correct in a few occasions but baseless in most) that the voters were trafficked to register to vote in wards where they do not have principal residences. Political tensions were tense and palpable within the courts’ precinct.