Some sleep at registration centres.
Vituka local government leader (CUF) Waziri Athumani told reporters that Mnyalu collapsed while waiting to be registered at the station and was rushed to Malawi dispensary and later transferred to Temeke hospital where he died the following day.
According to Athumani the late Mnyalu was not suffering from any kind of known disease and that the sudden collapse was attributed to exhaustion.
He said the deceased stayed in the queue from 8 am in the morning to 5 pm in the evening when his neighbour, one Mwalimu Hassan Dilunga, saw him collapsing while waiting to be registered.
However, his colleagues in the queue did not react quickly because they thought he was faking in order to be allowed to register ahead of others. “People were just passing him by, watching him as his condition worsened” he noted.
He was admitted at Malawi health center for four hours before he was referred to Temeke Hospital.The Guardian reached Temeke Chief Specialist Dr Aman Malima who couldn’t comment on the matter as he was unaware of the incidence.
The deceased was living at Limboa locality in Temeke district and is expected to be buried at 1pm today at Chanika.
The deceased is survived by a child and a widow who was unable to comment on the matter.
Meanwhile, a survey carried out by this paper at various registration centres in the city established that some people boycotted the exercise in disappointment at the slow pace in listing names while others accused registration officials of favouring their friends and relatives.
At Temeke Magengeni the situation was different where residents were pleased with how the registration was proceeding.
Othaman Ally said in his ward there was no chaos and that the registration was going on smoothly.
The situation was not very different at Kimbunga Street where Hamza Hassan said that despite having one machine the registration was running very smoothly.
At Kiembesamaki there was huge crowd but only one machine was functioning and the registration process was slow.
According to Ally Uwesu there were two machines but one failed to operate because the BVR camera failed to work properly causing a long queue at the centre.
He said they started the exercise at11am and managed to register 53 citizens. However, at till 5 pm the machine started stalling and later failed completely.
William Malangu said he was there all night waiting to be registered, sleeping outside of the office premises. He was registered yesterday at 10 am.
At Yombo, Mwinyi Road Kilakala Ward The Guardian observed two police vehicles (defenders) patrolling the street following some mayhem that was raised by an angry mob.
Amina Ally said they saw few people inside the registration office who had been secretly let in by the officer, something which later caused the commotion.
The local leader, Waziri Enosi said the failure of the machines also caused a long queue resulting in chaos because a few people were impatient.
At Mabibo Sokoni the registration exercise stopped during 2 pm but the officer managed to register 822 people out of 1105 .
The officer announced that the exercise will procede again today and only 327 citizens were not registered.
Constatine Maina who was at Tabata Shule station attributed the huge turnout to the poor economic conditions that forced citizen to participate in the election and choose leaders who can rescue them from the economic hardships.
Willam Marangu said they have participated because they have recognised the importance of taking part in the election as the way forward to development and changes.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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