6 Tshabangu loyalists head to Parly

Zim Now Writer

National elections management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, has announced the appointment of six Citizens Coalition for Change lawmakers – believed to be loyalists of secretary-general sengezo Tshabangu - into the National Assembly to fill vacant proportional representation seats.

In a notice published in the Government Gazette, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba confirmed the appointments.

“The public is hereby notified, in terms of section 39(7)(a) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], that the persons specified in the Schedule below, who were nominated by the Citizens Coalition for Change party to fill the vacancies in the National Assembly by virtue of section 120(1)(b) and of the Constitution that occurred following the recall of incumbent members, have been appointed with effect from the date of publication of this notice,” the notice read.

The six are Vivian Chitimbe (Harare), Nyasha Batitsa (Manicaland), Samantha Mureyani (Manicaland), Diana Marikano (Mashonaland East), Tsungirirayi Rungwave (Masvingo) and Melphiner Gwabeni (Midlands).

In the same notice, Zec also named the five CCC candidates to fill vacant senatorial posts and these include Tambudzai Kunaka (Harare), Murisi Zwizwai (Harare), Moses Manyengavana (Harare), Spiwe Munemo (Mashonaland West) and Tawanda Bvumo (Mashonaland West).