Voter registration clerks work on empty stomachs

Registration clerk busy at work PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Registration clerk busy at work PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

With just a couple of weeks left for the curtain to fall on voter registration,a blotch has appeared to besmirch the national exercise.

Some clerks around the country, employed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to assist would-be voters get their names on the voters’ rolls, are yet to get paid for work done since being hired in September. 

In August, the IEC announced that it would conduct registration from September 3 to November 11, 2018 for those eligible to vote in the 2019 general election.

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