Give IEC more resources- Goya

The Member of Parliament for Palapye, Moiseraele Goya, has appealed to the government to give more powers to the Independent Electoral Commission in order to improve its efficiency.

Commenting on the budget allocation for the IEC on Wednesday, Goya said the IEC should also be provided with sufficient resources and staff to cover areas where it does not have offices instead of having members of the public travel long distances to access IEC services.

He said employees of the IEC work long and odd hours without overtime pay and that,  in some instances, officers of the IEC are unable to do their work when drivers are not on duty.

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