‘Chiginya did not vote during special vote’

ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) director of polling logistics Japhet Murenje yesterday told a Harare magistrate that the examination he carried out on police officer Mugove Chiginya proved that the latter did not cast his ballot during the special vote.

Testifying in the case in which MDC-T deputy national chairman Morgan Komichi was allegedly found in possession of Chiginya’s ballots in contravention of the Electoral Act, Murenje said he examined the police officer’s finger using an ultra-violet light detector and no traces of voting ink were detected.

Chiginya’s finger was examined on July 26 and two days later, Komichi was arrested by police at his Bluff Hill home.

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