Zanu PF candidate, Cde Delay Ncube, was the only successful
candidate to lodge his nomination papers and was duly elected as the councillor
for that ward with effect from January 26, 2022.
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief election officer
Mr Utoile Silaigwana confirmed the development.
“All constituencies and wards, with the exception of ward
14 of Umguza Rural District Council are contested. Ward 3 of Bulawayo
Municipality, which was initially advertised for the sitting of the nomination
court did not sit after the Town Clerk notified Zec of the withdrawal,” he
said.
The commission, he said, will publish the names of the
candidates contesting in the by-elections.
In addition, he said the commission has also received two
more vacancies for Ward 20 of Chitungwiza Municipality and Ward 3 of Gokwe
North RDC.
The nomination court for the two, he said, will sit on 22
February 2022 and polling will be conducted together with the rest if it
becomes necessary.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set March 26 of this year
as the date for holding by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and council
seats.
Zimbabwe has a total of 133 elective vacancies, which
comprise 28 parliamentary seats and 105 council seats emanating from recalls,
deaths or dismissals. Subsequent nomination courts for these vacancies sat on
January 26, and 28, 2022 respectively across the country.
Electoral activities were suspended in March 2020 due to the
outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Chronicle
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