Following the passing on of Zambia’s first President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda last week, andthe subsequent declaration of 21 days of national mourning, Transparency InternationalZambia (TI-Z) has decided to suspend its Elections Project weekly updates for theduration of the national mourning.We do not anticipate any heightened political activity during the period of nationalmourning as we expect...Continue Reading

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