Zambia, Kabwe: The Department of National Registration, Passports and Citizenship (DNRPC) says that the Digital-NRC enrollment into the Integrated National Registration Information System (INRIS) is for everyone.
Principal Registrar at DNRPC Peter Moyo said this when he accompanied a team of Auditors from the Government and the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) for a spot check of the exercise in Kabwe.
Peter Moyo said that the whole purpose of the enrollment is to create a digital population Register, and the general citizenry must understand that the digital system is here to stay.
“The current system which we are using to migrate from paper based NRC is undergoing modifications to respond to the challenges being faced by our officers carrying out the enrollment exercise,” he said.
He added that all the 10 million paper records in the custody of DNRPC will undergo scanning to quicken the process of verifications by June next year.
And Director Audit at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Elizabeth Ndhlovu Lusambo, said that the whole purpose of the visit by the Auditors was to appreciate the ongoing process.
“We needed to physically appreciate what’s on the ground, interact with management, officers on the operational side, and the clients being enrolled,” Lusambo said.
She added that “it would better help to enhance service delivery and accountability as it will give the team a better understanding of both operational and policy issues.”
Provincial Coordinators for the project in Central Province Nachiyunde Nachiyunde and Maurice Kalimukwa reported that the exercise was on course, and given more time, the targets would be achieved.
Meanwhile, Kabwe District supervisor Mbachi Mtonga revealed to the Auditors and management that is a rainy season; there is a need for a faster verification process to allow the farming community to quickly enroll and get back to the fields.
The team leader at Lukanga Primary and Secondary School, Gift Mbambiko, stressed on the need for more kits if the target set is to be met. He revealed that his team had been divided into three to cover Kabwe Central Hospital and Kwame Nkrumah University population.
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