Common roll update 2016

This follows the deployment of 810 enrolment agents earlier this week for the biggest roll update to be done in the Nation’s Capital.

NCD Election Manager, Terrence Hetinu, says his team is faced with many obstacle and challenges to get this exercise going.

“Security is one of the main priorities for the enrolment agents whilst visiting the wards.”

He says in other provinces, the cost is very low for such exercises to be rolled out but in NCD alone, it is quite costly. This is because each of the 12 wards comprises of 80 to 90 thousand residents.

During a briefing of the 800-plus enrolment agents on Wednesday, Electoral Commissioner’s Delegate John Kalamoroh told them that there would be citizens who may refuse to enroll or argue with them regarding service delivery.

“You must make it clear to them that your duty as enrolment agents is not service delivery. Your duty is to get citizens registered so that they have a say in choosing a leader of their choice in 2017 to represent them,” Kalamoroh said.

These enrolment agents have been in training for the last month and will be dispatched to over 200 locations in the city.

Election Manager Terence Hetinu compared the enrolment roll updating scenario to what it used to be in the past, when enrolment agents went from house to house to update the roll.

This year will be different.

“This time around, we have seen that the process has not given any credibility to the electoral roll that we see today.”