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120 year-old found on voters roll
20 January 2011
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A Critical examination done by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network has revealed a grave presence of ghost voters in the current voter’s roll and a high level of voter education -ignorance among Zimbabweans.
ZESN defines ghost voters as not only of deceased persons in the voter’s roll but also of young people and names and addresses of completely non existant voters.
According to the research document the organisation officially launched in Harare on Thursday, 27% of the voters registered in the voter’s roll were deceased.
 
“The computer test revealed 2344 people born between 1901 and 1909 aged between 101 and 110 years old, and also revealed 9 people born between 1890 and 1900 aged between 111 and 120 years old,” said the report. The registrar’s office reportedly also denied ZESN access to the electronic voters’ roll.mudede
Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the function on Thursday in Harare , ZESN Chairperson Tinoziva Bere said the government should not privately clean up the shambled voter’s roll but rather engage all stakeholders in the pursuit of transparency and accountability.
ZESN recommended that there is an urgent need for voter education in the country, encouraging new voters to register.
The organisation said given that the current voter’s roll is in
shambles, there is need for the drawing up of a new voter’s roll which will improve the currency, accuracy and completeness of the voter’s roll.
The process, ZESN said should be transparent and inclusive to ensure that all eligible persons are registered.
The current voter registration requires that for one to be a registered voter he or she has to produce a proof of residence.
In this regard ZESN recommended that such requirements should be revised to enable urban dwellers and youths who do not own houses to register for voting.
The election monitoring watchdog said the government should fully capacitate the Zimbabwe Election Commission if it is serious about the holding of a credible election.  The Registrar General, Tobaiwa Mudede(pictured) could not be reached for comment at the time of writing (ZimEye, Zimbabwe)

13 Replies to “120 year-old found on voters roll”

  1. Saka wati kudii nekagogaz kako Makwembere, should we write her off as a non existing person simple because she is very old? Makapusiswa nehutengesi hwenyu hwamuri kuita

  2. Hot air chete. Those figures would not change even a ward’s outcome. Ever heard of data capturing erros?? Ma MDC anongowawata. Asi chii nhai vatengesi?Iwe Mutororo , what is “murumbavha”?

  3. Imbavha dzema election naMugabe asinganyari kubira vamwe kaharahwa kakadaro. Ndinofunga dai kasina kuitwa President kangadai kaingonetsa still nekuroya vanhu mumaruzevha. Bla Miki bvuma murumbavha zvarehwa na Makwembere

  5. BlaMiki dont run away from the subject of the story which is that you and your boss Bob were planning to rig hte elections using dead peoples’ details. Now you see their zvipoko zvavo have arisen and they shall soon strike you down!

  6. Ha ha ha ha ki ki ki ki ki ki, wandifadza bla Fidza, Makwembere arikutonyara nekagogaz kake coz vanoti kana munhu akura haisisiri hama uye haachafunga, anofanirwa kusungwa kunzi wakurirei uchigona kutonga uye kuti wakaunzirei rusununguko uri mwana mudiki. Munhu kana akura vaMakwembere vanoti anenge ava kuroya kana kuuraya vamwe zvisina tsarukano. Kwanzi chero netsaona dzese ndivo vanoitisa chero puraiminista vakaramba motorcade for his security and protection kwanzi ndimugabe anga achida kuuraya. Shame on you kunemi musingazochembera

  7. This heartless Zanu PF man Mudede like his Uncle Robert Mugabe was employed for life as Rigistrar General for the sole purpose of rigging elections. Both are a curse to the nation so the sooner they go the better.

  8. We China are happy to see old, old pipo on paper. Even 200 years old is ok. We know Zanhu will be in power. Hoshee hoshee!

  9. It is difficult to know whether this is inefficiency, corruption or deliberate vote rigging. Whatever it is, there can be no democracy if the voters register is nothing but a crazy joke.

  10. they should check Muzarabani neMbire they have some who are 150 zvenyu mune pipo dzinochembera kudaro. Imagine should bob live to be this old then we definately are doomed.

  11. Someone said that one of the ghost voters is a dead woman by the name of Shandirai Makwembere(Born 1893-Died 1979 , could that not be someone’s grandmother who we know of here? Makwembere where the hell are you?

  13. the only thing i wish for before GOD takes me is to see africans do one thing right.please grant me my wish little fairy….just one thing right!!!

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