Chief elections officer Silaigwana's laptop stolen

Zimbabwe's Chief Elections Officer Urges Against Hate As Family Faces Persecution — **Utoile Silaigwana**

A security breach is being investigated at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission headquarters in Harare after three laptops were stolen during a break-in early Sunday.

Two of the laptops belonged to chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana and a third was assigned to his secretary, Isabel Mariwowo.

It was not clear if the laptops held any sensitive data, the theft coming less than a month before general elections.

The break-in and theft was discovered just before 9AM on Sunday when Mariwowo turned up for work and initially observed that her electrical appliances were off.

“While trying to investigate she discovered that the adaptor was missing form her office,” an internal police memo of the incident said.