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Government has declared Wednesday, the day that the country is set to participate in its harmonized elections, a public holiday.
In a government notice gazetted on Monday, Minister of Home Affairs Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe said:
"It is hereby notified that the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, in terms of section 38 (2) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2;13), has declared that the 23rd of August, 2023, shall be a public holiday for the purposes of polling for the 2023 harmonised elections."