Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) wishes to commend the high level of credibility and accuracy in the election results that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced so far at the National Results Centre. Out of a total of 21 constituency results analyzed so far, only 1 had a computational error while the 20 were...Continue Reading

TI-Z has been monitoring the 2021 general elections through its elections project and has been sharing concerns with key stakeholders and voters throughout the process. From the very beginning, we have noted and condemned violence perpetrated by both PF and UPND, and we have been urging the leadership of these political parties to tame violence....Continue Reading

Through our network of monitors currently undertaking Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT), we have been alerted to ploys involving electoral officials such as Returning Officers to manipulate the process of totaling of results at Constituency Totaling Centres. We have information that the Returning Officers at some named constituencies in Northwestern Province and Luapula Province have asked all...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) is appalled by the revelations made in the NewsDiggers edition of Friday 6th August 2021, to the effect that the Ministry of Health (MoH) allegedly duped the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) into fraudulently awarding a contract worth US$8.5 million last year. The revelations if true make very sad reading as...Continue Reading