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Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has maintained that revised nomination fees for the August general election are final.
ECZ corporate Affairs Manager, Patricia Luhanga, said those wishing to take part in the coming polls would have to pay the revised nomination fees for them to be eligible.
Political parties under the Zambia Centre for Inter-Party Dialogue (ZCID), especially the opposition UPND and other stakeholders had resisted the proposed nomination fees, saying the fees were too exorbitant.
The ECZ has set fees for male presidential candidates at K95,000, females at K75,000, and K60,000 for youth and persons living with disabilities.
For parliamentary male candidates, the proposed fees are K15,000, K13,500 for females while youth and persons living with disabilities will be required to pay K10,000.
The Mayoral proposed fees for male candidates are K15,000, K13,500 for females and K10,000 for persons living with disabilities and youth.
Male council chairpersons will need to pay K3,500, female candidates at K3,000 and the youth and persons living with disabilities stands will pay K2,500.
For male councillors under cities and municipalities, the fee stands at K1,500, while the fees for females, youth and persons living with disabilities is K1,000.
Nomination fees for male candidates for towns and districts have been pegged at K600, and K500 for females, youth and persons living with disabilities.
Ms Luhanga said all candidates should pay the nomination fees four weeks before the nomination date to allow effective and efficient processing of the nominations.