Rudolf Gaiseb Despite political parties insisting the Electoral Commission of Namibia should not be allowed to handpick a printer for the upcoming elections, the commission yesterday announced the cancellation of the open international bidding process. The chief electoral and referenda officer, Peter Shaama, stated that the commission deems this to be in the best interest...
WALVIS BAY – With election day fast approaching, 134 officials are undergoing an eight-day training programme in Swakopmund. Hosted by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), the training aims to equip returning officers with the necessary knowledge and skills to manage the electoral process. Ultimately, this will ensure the delivery of credible elections in compliance...
Lahja Nashuuta Political parties and an analysts have hailed the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s Mock Voter Verification Exercise of the Enhanced and Upgraded Integrated Mobile Voter Registration System (IMVRS). ECN chief electoral and referenda officer, Petrus Shaama, said the primary objective of the pilot exercise is to evaluate the real-time functionality and user-friendliness of the...
Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia has rejected the Affirmative Repossession movement’s invitation to attend a capacity-building workshop organised by the party. The head of legal affairs of the AR, Maitjituavi Kavetu, confirmed that they had invited the ECN, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Namibia Institute of Democracy (NID), but their invitations...
Despite threats by the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters and Christian Democratic Voice to mount a legal challenge against it, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) maintains that its decision to deregister the political parties is beyond reproach. This follows the ECN’s earlier decision to deregister both parties as political entities for failure to comply with...
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia, Advocate Notemba Tjipueja, says the electoral authority will ensure that special arrangements will be considered to allow people to vote beyond polling places, like those under quarantine and in health facilities who have tested positive for Covid-19. She made these remarks in Windhoek last week when ECN...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia has started its online recruitment process for mainly unemployed youth to perform certain functions during the supplementary registration of voters, slated for 7 to 15 September this year. In a statement, the ECN explained that the recruitment exercise is based on their strategy to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 during...