The first batch of pallets containing
ballot papers for Zambia’s August 11, 016 general elections has been
transported from Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company and handed over to
the airport authorities for delivery from Dubai to Lusaka.
The batch contains 155 pallets out of
which 63 are for presidential ballot papers and another 63 contain referendum
ballots while 25 pallets contain presidential, referendum, national assembly,
mayoral and local government posters.
Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing
Company General Manager Lakshmanan Ganapathy said four pallets contain NRC ballot
verification forms.
Mr. Ganapathy said the second and last
batch of pallets will be transported from his company to the airport tomorrow.
The second batch will contain 185
pallets.
He said airport authorities will screen
the pallets and allow a one day cooling process before they are loaded on two
cargo planes that will leave Dubai on Thursday, July 28, 2016 and
arrive in Lusaka the same day.
Earlier in the day, team Zambia in
Dubai was taken round to see the seven trucks laden with pallets awaiting
transportation to the airport.
Some stakeholders, the Zambia Police
and Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) officials escorted the laden truck to
the airport and monitored the offloading process.
On Friday last week, Electoral
Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Commissioner, Emily Sikazwe, disclosed that the
first cargo plane carrying pallets containing ballot papers will leave Dubai
on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 09:15 hours and arrive in Lusaka
at 14:15 hours.
Dr. Sikazwe said the second plane will leave
Dubai at 13:25 hours and arrive in Lusaka at 18:25 hours on
the same day, of 28 July 2016.
Team Zambia has been in Dubai
proofreading ballot paper templates, and monitoring the printing and packaging
process of the ballot papers.
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