A call for Electoral Act amendment

“The amendment of the Act should be done in a way of giving the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) powers to issue the writ of elections.  If the writ is issued by politicians like the Minister of Local Government and the President for Council and Parliamentary elections respectively, the politicians are likely to only issue the writ when they believe that their political party is ready for the elections,” Morima said.

He said failure by Section 34 to give time frame for by-election for a constituency leaves a lot to be desired.