2027: INEC FACES CREDIBLE QUESTION AS AMUPITAN CONFIRMS DEAD PERSONS’ NAMES ON REGISTER. (PHOTO).

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 The credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voters’ register has come under intense scrutiny ahead of the 2027 general elections, following revelations by INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan that names of deceased persons remain on the register. Amupitan disclosed that names of voters who died as far back as 15 years ago are still listed, a situation critics say could undermine the integrity of the 2027 polls and lead to significant financial waste through the printing of excess ballot papers and other election logistics. The INEC chairman made the revelation while receiving the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, and her management team during a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday. Amupitan announced that INEC has entered into a partnership with NIMC to deliver a credible voters’ register and transparent elections. He said INEC would leverage NIMC’s robust data archi...

MARRIAGE BEFORE THE AGE OF 18 FOR BOTH MALE AND FEMALE,IS NOW ILLEGAL IN zIMBABWE.

              Yesterday wednesday,a zimbabwe's constitutional court ruled that marriage before the age of 18 is illegal.The uprecedented ruling by the court followed an application by two women,Loveness Mudzuru and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi,who sought to have the legal age of marriage moved to 18 for both men and women.The two young women were just girls when they were married and gave birth for the first time.Ruvimbo Tsopdzi now 20 was 15 when she had to get married.She was forced to leave the marriage and return to her parents home after suffering emotional and physical abuse,she told the court in a signed affidavit.She said ''My life is a hell at the moment and cannot be wished on anyone else.Raising a child when you are a child yourself is excruciation and painful''.Part of the ruling says ''No person,male or female in zimbabwe may enter into any ,marriage,including an unregistered customary law union or any other union,including one arising out of religion or a religious rite,before attaining the age of 18''.More photos below.                                                                                              

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