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Bikita West peacefull for elections
21 Jan 2017 at 03:52hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Masvingo provincial elections officer Zex Pudurai has said the environment is conducive for for today's by-election.
"We are more than prepared for the by-election and I am happy to announce that all the 58 polling stations have received the required voting materials while election officers and members of the ZRP have also been deployed to all the stations.
"I am also happy that whatever minor differences were there amongst all the contesting candidates have been solved during the multi-party liaison committee meeting that took place today (yesterday)" .he is quoted by state controlled Herald.
Beauty Chabaya of Zanu-PF, Madock Chivasa of NCA, Kudakwashe Gopo of ZimPF and Terrence Makumbo of the Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe together with two independent candidates Heya Shoko and Innocent Muzvimbiri - are vying for the seat.
The seat fell vacant following the incarceration, for an effective 10 years, of Munyaradzi Kereke who was convicted of raping his then 11-year-old niece.
"We are more than prepared for the by-election and I am happy to announce that all the 58 polling stations have received the required voting materials while election officers and members of the ZRP have also been deployed to all the stations.
"I am also happy that whatever minor differences were there amongst all the contesting candidates have been solved during the multi-party liaison committee meeting that took place today (yesterday)" .he is quoted by state controlled Herald.
Beauty Chabaya of Zanu-PF, Madock Chivasa of NCA, Kudakwashe Gopo of ZimPF and Terrence Makumbo of the Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe together with two independent candidates Heya Shoko and Innocent Muzvimbiri - are vying for the seat.
The seat fell vacant following the incarceration, for an effective 10 years, of Munyaradzi Kereke who was convicted of raping his then 11-year-old niece.
Source - Byo24News
