{"id":89428,"date":"2024-01-09T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T12:41:18","slug":"zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to spend US$11 million on by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) has spent an excess of US$11 million on by-elections necessitated by the recall of opposition legislators and councillors by self-proclaimed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu.<\/p>\n<p>The first round of by-elections held on December 7 cost ZEC US$5 million with US$6 million being set aside for the upcoming February 3 elections.<\/p>\n<p>By-elections came before the August general elections ballot papers had been discarded.<\/p>\n<p>The costs cover voter education and the deployment of officers to various voting wards and constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the State media, ZEC Chief Elections Officer, Utoile Silaigwana confirmed that ZEC has set aside millions for the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe estimated budget for the by-elections is US$6 million, or the equivalent in the local currency. Preparations for the conduct of the February 3, 2024, by-elections are well on course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you may be aware, there are six National Assembly seats and 28 local authority wards to be filled on February 3, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially, there were 31 local authority vacancies, out of which three were dropped after the sponsoring party reversed two recalls and lost a court challenge in the other. Nomination courts for the by-elections sat on December 18, 2023,\u201d said Silaigwana.<\/p>\n<p>The costs come as the government is battling to tame the downward trend of the economy which is characterised by high inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The election expenditure will likely balloon as Tshabangu has indicated that he will recall more legislators and councillors.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union, a major funder of the elections withdrew its support following the August polls which were described as flawed and falling short of regional and international standards by several election observer mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) has spent an excess of US$11 million on by-elections necessitated by the recall of opposition legislators and councillors by self-proclaimed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu. The first round of by-elections held on December 7 cost ZEC US$5 million with US$6 million being set aside for the upcoming February 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":["post-89428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to spend US$11 million on by-elections - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) has spent an excess of US$11 million on by-elections necessitated by the recall of o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to spend US$11 million on by-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) has spent an excess of US$11 million on by-elections necessitated by the recall of o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-09T09:32:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-09T12:41:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/01\/sm_1704787721.975687.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1795\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1107\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to spend US$11 million on by-elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-09T09:32:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-09T12:41:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/01\/sm_1704787721.975687.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-to-spend-us11-million-on-by-elections\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to spend US$11 million on by-elections - 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