{"id":7897,"date":"2018-02-09T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T10:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2018-02-09T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:25:08","slug":"bujumbura-kick-off-of-voters-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/bujumbura-kick-off-of-voters-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Bujumbura: Kick-off of voters\u2019 registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voters\u2019 registration has started this 8 February in Bujumbura as well as in other provinces of Burundi. It will last 10 days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7894\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7894\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Enrolement-des-\u00e9lecteurs-Ntahangwa-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"People queuing to get registered at Kamenge registration office in Ntahangwa Commune\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Enrolement-des-\u00e9lecteurs-Ntahangwa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Enrolement-des-\u00e9lecteurs-Ntahangwa-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Enrolement-des-\u00e9lecteurs-Ntahangwa.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People queuing to get registered at Kamenge registration office in Ntahangwa Commune<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The chairman of the Independent Municipal Electoral Commission (CECI) in Muha, Adolphe Nshimirimana says the registration has started late arguing that they have received necessary materials on the same day of registration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have received materials this morning and distributed them to the census staff. That&#8217;s why we are a little late, &#8220;he says adding that Muha Commune is too big and that the distribution of materials to census agents takes a lot of time.<\/p>\n<p>Some people say they did not know the documents needed to register. People who do not present identity cards and who want to present driving licenses or other documents must come with a witness. The witness must be the chief of the neighborhood or any other administrative official, states the decree of the National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do not have an identity card. I planned to present the driver&#8217;s license to get registered. I did not know that I had to bring a witness. Now, I have not enrolled. I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow, &#8220;said Tharcisse Ndikumana, a citizen met at Nyakabiga Center in Mukaza Commune.<\/p>\n<p>He calls on the CENI to continue to raise the population\u2019s awareness of all the documents and details necessary for registration.<\/p>\n<p>He says he appreciates the supervisors and observers\u2019 vigilance in correcting mistakes. &#8220;A census agent did not notice that I did not have the necessary documents to get registered. It was reported by an observer, &#8220;says Ndikumana.<\/p>\n<p>CENI inventoried 3,828 registration offices, 11, 583 census staff members and 3828 supervisors recruited throughout the country. The voters\u2019 registration that has started this Thursday is about the constitutional referendum scheduled for May 2018 as well as the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Voters\u2019 registration cards that will be provided during this registration will also be used in 2020 elections, said Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, the chairman of CENI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters\u2019 registration has started this 8 February in Bujumbura as well as in other provinces of Burundi. It will last 10 days. The chairman of the Independent Municipal Electoral Commission (CECI) in Muha, Adolphe Nshimirimana says the registration has started late arguing that they have received necessary materials on the same day of registration. &#8220;We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,670],"tags":[1177,1337],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7898,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions\/7898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}