Gaises calls for separate queue for elderly on election day

Dalene Kooper

2024-11-23

Outjo, 22 November 2024- Deputy mayor of Outjo, Klementine Gaises (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OUTJO, 23 NOV (NAMPA) – Outjo Deputy Mayor, Klementine Gaises has called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia to consider introducing a separate queue for the elderly on election day, as the town has many elderly people expected to cast their vote.
“We cannot put the elders with the youth in the same queue. The ECN should introduce two rows, one for the elders and one for the youth,” Gaises said.
Gaises in an interview with Nampa, along with c...

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