Here’s some feedback from some Kubatana members about what’s happening on the ground. Maybe we need election observers Now!

I stay in Warren Park, about a week ago we had people at our doorstep who said they were checking whether we were registered to vote or not. They practically had a voters roll and they checked our names and all our names were there. I asked them whether they were from the Registrar Office, Statistics Office or any office but they said no. Finally after questioning their whereabouts they said they were sent by the Unity Government and they were people from our constituency! They said they were from the 3 political parties and their ‘Seniors’ will make a follow up after them. Do we have such people? Can anyone (or any political party) get the voters roll from the Registrar’s Office?
- from a subscriber in Warren Park, Harare

Thanks for keeping us updated. I have something that is worthy of public knowledge or public consumption. Can anything be done to improve service delivery on the ongoing voter registration exercise especialy in Chitungwiza. The staff there at Makoni seem to have been trained to frustrate people into not registering. The delays, the daily changes in their demands and the reception has done more harm than good to would be registrants. Its sad and the whole of Chitungwiza has one registration centre yet the population is big. Is there anything that can be done.
- from Obey in Chitungwiza

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More reflections on the ZRP:

I was forced to pay a fine for $10 for allegedly going through an amber light last week. I asked the cop why one never saw police at traffic jams. He didn’t know what a traffic jam was.

It seems we are to pay ZRP for any service, that’s why they put up road blocks at 05:00hrs and leave thugs at Mbare Musika abusing travelers, because the thugs pay them.

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Sophia from Harare has this to say about the Zimbabwe Republic Police.

I am sick and tired of getting late to work almost every morning. The hide and seek game between the police and kombi drivers is just getting too much. Imagine the fare into town from Budiriro is now a dollar, double the normal fare and the conductors argue they have to offset the police fines with the money from us commuters. Getting into trouble with your bosses after forking out an inflated transport fare is just a painful reality.