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Nyore Madzianike Manicaland Bureau
ZANU-PF is optimistic of winning the Mutasa Central Ward 10 by-election slated for tomorrow as people from the area have realised that the ruling party has the answer to their developmental challenges.

Addressing hundreds of Zanu-PF supporters, who were gathered at Samaringa High School grounds on Wednesday during a campaign rally to drum up support for the ruling party’s candidate, Cde Magret Tindirika, shadow MP for Mutasa Central Cde Jefter Sakupwanya urged people to go out in their numbers to vote.

“We want people to come out in their numbers to vote for Zanu-PF as it is the only answer to the developmental needs of this area,” he said.

“This area has been lagging behind in terms of development and the candidate we have today is the answer to all the challenges that you have been facing over the years.

“Development starts at local authority level and Cde Tindirika will be the one on the ground working towards development,” he said.

Cde Tindirika said victory was certain and she had already hit the ground running in working towards developing the area.

“So far we have two boreholes that were drilled and we are currently working towards road resurfacing. I have a number of projects that are lined up which will change the lives of people in the area,” she said.

She will battle it out with Ms Rose Tanyaradzwa Mukodza (MDC-Alliance) and Mr Tafadzwa Justin Chirimo (NCA).

On the same day a handful of people attended an MDC-Alliance rally at Masere Business Centre.

The opposition party’s  leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, who was scheduled to attend the rally, did not show up while his deputy, Mr Morgen Komichi, arriving at the venue late in the afternoon.

MDC-Alliance supporters spent the greater part of the day dancing to music.

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said the necessary logistics were in place for the by-election.

Wards elections officer Mr Washington Mudehwe said everything was already in place for the Saturday elections.

“So far we have done multi-party liaison meetings with political parties and logistically we have been putting in place requirements for polling station and polling stations assessment. Today we are training agents and police officers,” said ward elections officer Mr Washington Mudehwe.

He said they had not yet encountered any challenges in their preparations for the by-election.

“We have not encountered challenges although there are problems in navigating to three of the polling stations because of the bad state of the roads,” he said.

The Ward has six polling stations.