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Vote buying rampant during election campaigns - ZPP
18 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported an increase in the number of vote buying incidents during the escalation of the election campaigns ahead of this year's elections.
"As campaigning intensifies some cases of partisan food aid have been reported. Zanu PF activists and traditional leaders have been implicated in these practices.
"In Norton, a food distribution exercise was aborted after Christopher Mutsvangwa supporters clashed with Temba Mliswa's supporters over disagreements on who should distribute the aid," said ZPP.
"This clearly shows that there is a tendency to gain political mileage using food aid. The dispute also sucked in traditional leaders."
"As campaigning intensifies some cases of partisan food aid have been reported. Zanu PF activists and traditional leaders have been implicated in these practices.
"In Norton, a food distribution exercise was aborted after Christopher Mutsvangwa supporters clashed with Temba Mliswa's supporters over disagreements on who should distribute the aid," said ZPP.
"This clearly shows that there is a tendency to gain political mileage using food aid. The dispute also sucked in traditional leaders."
Source - Byo24News
