KEETMANSHOOP – The Electoral Commission of Namibia’s //Kharas regional electoral officer Jejamaije Mujoro expressed satisfaction with how the election process went in the region.

Wednesday’s voting went into the early hours yesterday in some parts of the country, as Namibians were eager to cast their votes in the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

In an interview with Nampa here yesterday, Mujoro indicated that the region did not experience or record major challenges during the election process.

“I would term the challenges as the normal challenges that come with the election process, even the issue of ballot papers running out. We were able to deal with that within the constituencies, meaning that polling stations were borrowing or getting ballot papers from other stations within their constituency,” she said.

Additionally, she said the influx of members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) at polling stations sparked anger among residents in the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency.

“The NDF members were here for official duties, so we had to explain to the residents. Once the residents understood, things went smoothly. Another issue was voters pushing and pulling one another at some polling stations, but that was under control with the help of the police,” she noted.

Mujoro said most of the teams have started arriving at the collation centres across the region. The region has seven collation centres- one for each constituency.

“The verifiers are on standby, and are ready to verify the results with the presiding officers before they can be announced by the returning officer. 

We will be here the whole day. The constituencies that have fewer voters will have the results available quicker,” she said.

Meanwhile, the electoral officer applauded all stakeholders who were involved in the preparation and voting process.

“We applaud all the stakeholders who were involved in this process, even the voters for turning up and standing in long queues to cast their votes and to the team – they did a good job serving the inhabitants of this region, and working long hours,” she added.

-Nampa