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The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has called on the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) to expedite the finalization of the census report.
CCMG Steering Committee Spokesperson, Father Emmanuel Chikoya, said following the completion of the 2022 census of population and housing and consequently release of the Preliminary Report, the group noted that the preliminary report was missing age variables and population was not distributed to the ward level.
Chikoya in a statement issued in Lusaka on Thursday said clearly disaggregated age data, paying particular attention to the Vote Age Population which is critical for voter registration, and Distribution of population data to the ward level was missing.
He also called on the Department of National Registration Passports and Citizenship to collaborate with ZamStats in setting targets for the Integrated National Registration Information System (INRIS), as well as ensure that the exercise is driven by census data.
Chikoya is further calling on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to enhance its collaboration and cooperate with ZamStats to ensure coherence and use of census data in processes.
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“Use census data in processes, such as boundary delimitation and voter registration, and to use census data, particularly the VAP data, to inform its targets in the ongoing registration of voters,” he said.
Chikoya said these include boundary delimitation and voter registration, and to use census data, particularly the VAP data, to inform its targets in the ongoing registration of voters.
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