Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has been monitoring the electoral process leading up to the 2021 General Elections. As part of our long-term monitoring of the electoral process, we monitored the nomination process across the country and have been monitoring the campaign period. This is aimed at generating credible and reliable information to inform our overall...Continue Reading

The monitoring of Campaign Expenditure is part of TI-Z’s long-term monitoring of the electoral process. This aspect of the monitoring is meant to give Zambians a rough estimate of how much political parties are spending on trying to convince the electorate to vote for them, and will ultimately inform our ongoing advocacy on the pertinent...Continue Reading

The Electoral Process (Amendment) Act no 32 of 2021 provides for voting among personsin prisons and makes it illegal for any entity, other than the ECZ, to announce and declareelection results. Although, the prison vote was largely expected, following the ruling by theconstitutional court in the case of Godfrey Malembeka versus The Attorney-General andElectoral Commission...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) joins the rest of the country and indeed the African continent in mourning the passing on of Zambia’s first President, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda this afternoon, following a short illness.Dr. Kaunda, together with other liberation heroes, led the struggle for Zambia’s political emancipation, culminating in the unprecedented raising of the flag of...Continue Reading