The Civil Registry Department will conduct a countrywide mobile registration exercise from 01 April to 30 September 2022, ahead of general elections in 2023.
During the exercise, the Department will be issuing birth certificates, death certificates and national identity documents. The civil registry said in a statement on Thursday:
The Civil Registry Department wishes to advise the members of the public and all its valued stakeholders that it will be conducting a national mobile registration exercise from the 1st of April 2022 to the 30th of September 2022.
This year’s mobile registration exercise comes as a backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which affected the issuance of civil registration documents.
The mobile registration of exercise will provide an opportunity for all citizens to obtain national identity documents which will enable them to register as voters in the upcoming 2023 harmonized general elections.
Mobile teams will be working from 7 AM to 5 PM while the static offices will be working from 7 AM to 7 PM and during public holidays.