NULLIFICATIONS OF THE SEAT FOR NEWLY ELECTED PF LUSANGAZI DISTRICT COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON: A CALL FOR SERIOUS VETTING SYSTEMS AT EXAMINATION COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA (ECZ)
The tribunal nullification of the Lusangazi District PF newly elected Council Chairperson, Patrick Menyani Banda, on account of forging a G12 certificate, is a need by the Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) to consider installing modern vetting systems and equipment.
For instance in the Menyani Banda case, it is alleged that he allegedly manipulated and used a certificate for Patricia M Banda, former grade 12 pupil at Lundazi Seconday School taking advantage of the “P, M and Banda” name to read as Patrick Menyani Banda despite him completing his school at Petauke Day secondary.
Such acts can’t be detected by the current vetting and verification system at the examination council as can’t show the actual person who sat for the exams at that school.
To this gap, the Examination Council needs to invest seriously in biometric systems to ease detection this crookedness in the acquisition of G12 school certificates in Zambia and consequently stop it and this should be extended to all certificate awarding institutions.
Every election, since this clause on G12 was introduced, forged certificates have been detected and in some cases culprits prosecuted but still many are in possession of such fake certificates.
However, the trend has not been eliminated or may be a sign that Zambia has millions of G12 faked certificates out there which need to be mopped out of circulations.
With G12 certificate being the most important document in the life of any Zambian for anyine to participate in elective politics, get a job and enter college and even getting married, fraud in its acquisition may not be ruled out.
It is for this reason that I propose to Examination Council of Zambia to invest and introduce biometric systems during entry to Examination rooms as this will help fight fraud, forgery, manipulation and impersonations in the acquisition and use of these key documents in the nation by scrupulous people.
I submit
McDonald Chipenzi
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