Voters’ roll from Bubi-Umguza missing in election petition case

By Tererai Karimakwenda
15 September 2005

It has been discovered by lawyers and assistants, who are verifying documents in the presidential election court case, that the voters’ roll used in the Bubi-Umguza constituency is missing.

For over a month now lawyers for the MDC and for ZANU-PF have been verifying materials used in the 2002 presidential election. Officials from that constituency say that the labels on the boxes have a computer label, even though they never used computers when they packed them. This may indicate that they have been tampered with.

Our correspondent Simon Muchemwa has been following events at the high court where verification is taking place. He says out of the 12 boxes brought in from Bubi in Matabeleland, one had documents from Nkayi, and the other 11 have no voters roll at all.

Lawyers decided to continue verification by moving along to the Guruve area. But MDC officials plan court applications compelling the registrar general to explain where the missing papers are.