Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) commends the European Union Observation Mission, led by Chief Observer Maria Arena, for generating what is largely an accurate report on the 2021 General Elections. TI-Z agrees with the many observations made by the Mission, and supports the vast majority of the recommendations, with one major exception. The vast majority of...Continue Reading

The 2021 General Elections took place on 12th August, and had the highest number of presidential contenders compared to any previous election in Zambia. The high level of interest in individuals wanting to serve at the highest echelon of governance was matched by citizens’ own high level of interest in taking part in the elections,...Continue Reading

The monitoring of Campaign Spending is part of TI-Z’s longterm 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

Greetings fellow citizens and I welcome you all to yet another of our weekly updates from Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z)’s 2021 Elections Project.As we have been stating since the beginning of these updates, our motive for sharing the different observations we are making in the electoral process is to give members of the public and...Continue Reading