ALLOW WORKERS TO VOTE

Government has urged employers to ensure that NO employee is disfranchised on account of being at work.

Secretary to the Cabinet SIMON MITI has strongly advised employers to put measures in place that will ensure that essential workers are given an opportunity to cast their vote without disrupting the provision of essential services.

Dr. MITI said this in a statement read on his behalf by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary AMOS MALUPENGA in Lusaka today.

And Dr MITI said government has put in place adequate security measures to ensure that peace continues to exist before, during and after the elections.

He said Security has been heightened in some identified hotspots, specifically where violence has been recorded.

Dr. MTI said regular policing by the Zambia Police Service is expected to be adequate to maintain law and order in the rest of the country.

Government declared tomorrow, Thursday August 12, 2021, as a public holiday in accordance with Article 56(2) of the Constitution, which provides that the day on which a general election is held shall be a public holiday.

Government also declared Friday August 13th, 2021 as a non-working day.

This is to enable workers that would travel to vote in other towns to return home and rest, as some are likely to spend long hours on voting queues.

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