Oversight boosts sitting councillors ahead of elections Nyasha Samanyandwe

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CONTESTING sitting Zifa councillors have been handed an unfair advantage over their opponents as they will vote.
They are beneficiaries of the silence in the constitution and electoral college oversight.
Nyasha Samanyandwe, a legal practitioner and one of the three remaining members of the Normalisation Committee (NC), has said the statues are silent on that.
The much-anticipated Zifa Executive Committee elections will be held in Harare tomorrow and have attracted a lot of interest.
According to the new constitution, the Zifa Executive Committee will have 11 members, the president and two deputies, one of which should be a woman as well as eight board members, six that will be voted for, with the Premier Soccer League and the Women’s Premier Soccer League seconding a candidate each to make a total of11 members.
“The whole preparations for the elections have been draining but we are almost done, and we are ready to go. Yes, the election candidates who are members will vote. If they vote will one vote translate to a majority vote? As the electoral body we didn’t interpret the statutes that way and gave independence within the members. The statutes are not clear on prohibiting a member from voting for him or herself. There is nothing to stop them,” said Samanyandwe.
Zifa presidential aspirant Martin Kweza, Zifa board members Gilbert Saika, Tizirayi Luphahla and Tavengwa Hara are some of the candidates who will enjoy the privilege to vote let alone naturally cast votes for themselves. Four hopefuls including Temba Mliswa, Farai Jere, Walter Magaya and former Zimbabwe captain Benjani Mwaruwari failed to make the final shortlist for tomorrow’s election. The quartet was dropped after failing to meet the eligibility criteria. This left six candidates in contention for the association’s hot seat, and these are Kweza, Makwinji Soma-Phiri, Twine Phiri, Philemon Machana, Marshall Gore and Nqobile Magwizi.
The Zifa Normalisation Committee also announced 10 successful candidates to stand for the vice-presidency and 36 for ordinary board members. The positions to be contested for tomorrow include the president, two vice presidents and six ordinary board members. Zifa recently suffered an almost two-year ban from Fifa following the revocation of the Felton Kamambo-led board by the Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC). After the censure was lifted, a normalisation committee, led by Lincoln Mutasa, was installed to clear the ground for the elections.
Zifa presidential candidatesMarshall Gore, Philemon Machana, Nqobile Magwizi, Martin Kweza, Twine Phiri, Makwinji PhiriVice president candidates
Mavis Gumbo,Patience Mutumwa, Winnet Murota, Joyce R Kapota, Loveness Mukura, Kennedy Ndebele, Omega Sibanda, Peter Dube,Francis Nyamutsamba, Simbarashe J TakavadaOrdinary MembersGilbert Saika, Sharif Mussa Umerjee, Thomas Marambanyika, Nicholas Munyonga, Tavengwa Hara, Xolisani Gwesela, Bhekhimpilo Nyoni, Vincent Chawonza, Sween Mushonga, Lewis, Muzhara, Morden Ngwenya, Jerrymike Gumbo Alice Zeure, Alois Bunjira, Morgen Dube, Sabelo Maphosa, Edward Mutukwa, Tizirayi Luphahla, Sibekikwe Ndlovu, Tafadzwa Benza, Cecilia Gambe, Kudzai Kadzombe, Sunday Chidzambwa, Walter Musanhu, Brighton Ushendibaba, Admore Chivero, Terence T Malunga, Harlington Shereni, Cuthbert Chitima, Norman Matemera, Beaullar Msarah

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