Zanu PF again

Mthuli Ncube want to be judged after 6 months

FINANCE and Economic Development Minister 

Professor Mthuli Ncube, who is 42 days into his new 

job, says it is only fair to judge him after six months, 

adding that he expects the benefits of austerity 

measures to start coming through around March 

2019,” reported Bulawayo 24.

“Economic structural reforms, he said, were 

unavoidable. The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) through to December 2020 has secured the backing of the World Bank Group and IMF.”

This is infuriating! When have the people of 

Zimbabwe ever had a voice in even life and death 

matters? The country has just gone through an 

elections results were not “traceable, verifiable and 

the whole process was not transparent” and a senior 

government official is wittering of people “judging” as

if he does not know that Zanu PF does as it pleases, 

period.

Minister Ncube is doing one other thing the Zanu PF 

regime loves to do - blame other people for its own 

mess. In the 1990s Zimbabwe had two back to back 

five-year IMF and WB sponsored Economic Structural 

Adjustment Programs (ESAP). Both programs failed to deliver an meaningful economic recovery because Zanu PF cherry picking, the regime implemented some reforms but left out all the important ones. President Mugabe went to town blaming the programs for the nation’s economic problems and blamed the IMF and WB for forcing the country to adopt them in the first place.

To hear Mugabe blubbering on and on about ESAP 

one would be forgiven to think IMF and WB had 

force Zimbabwe to accept the programs at gun-point. It was an excuse for not servicing the country’s mountain of debt. The IMF hit back by turning off all financial assistance to Zimbabwe.

It is doubtful if the IMF would have ever agreed to 

this TSP’s 2% tax on all electronic transactions 

clearly aimed at hitting the 75% of Zimbabweans 

living on US$1.00 or less a day! No doubt the regime 

will use the revenue to buy new cars for chefs, 

charter planes for Grace Mugabe, etc. The tax 

epitomises what is wrong with Zanu PF’s warped 

economic reforms and policies; they all hit the poor 

hard to subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of the 

filthy rich ruling elite.  

The IMF and WB are not going to bankroll this regime's doomed program and they have a good excuse - ZDERA. Minister Ncube is going to USA to see if he can talk the American government to lift the sanctions. The sanctions were confirmed following Zanu PF’s failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. No one worth his/her salt can deny the elections were rigged.

Even if the American government was to lift the 

sanctions this will not guarantee the IMF and WB 

would want to bankroll this regime's voodoo 

economic policies and programs. There is the issue of clearing the US$2 billion debt charges which Minister Ncube says he will pad in the next 12 months. All from the same 2% tax on the poor because the regime is not going to attract any local and foreign investors. By rigging the elections the regime shot itself in the foot, it scarred away would-be investors. No one wants to invest in a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging thugs.

People were very pleased with the appointment of 

Professor Mthuli Ncube as Minister of Finance, given 

his impressive qualification and wide-ranging 

experience. Sadly, it is now clear he has no common 

sense. None! He has already made two very 

important policy blunders he said Zimbabwe was 

phasing out Bond Notes and then that he would allow the Bond Notes to float. He made U-turns on 

both but when the damaged was already done!

But his worst blunder is dragging the nation through 

years of economic hardship in pursuit of this TSP 

when it is clear there will be a lot of pain but no gain 

because there will never be any meaningful economic recovery whilst Zimbabwe remains a pariah state!

Minister Ncube; what Zimbabwe needs to revive its 

comatose economy is cash injection from the foreign 

and local investors not the last cents wrung out of 

the poorest of the poor, the regime has taxed to 

death already!

Zanu PF has dragged this nation into this hell-on-

earth and yet remains in power regardless. It is bad 

enough that you are dragging us through this hell for 

nothing; please do not insult our intelligence by 

pretending you do not know that Zanu PF rigs 

elections and therefore is democratically 

untouchable! “Judge me in six months!” Yeah right, 

as if anyone has ever done that!

By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka

ED killing a dead country

ZANU-PF's Secretary and deputy minister for Defence and War Veterans, Victor Matemadanda, said money from forex dealers should be forfeited to the State and Government should come up with a law that empowers it to do so. 

"These are tough times and they need tough measures. We cannot be suffering yet there is so much rot going on around us.

"These osiphatheleni (forex dealers) are found with forex on a daily basis and are arrested and later released.

"The money found on them should be forfeited to the State as punishment for illegally dealing in forex," he said. 

And how much do you think you will recover from the forex dealers? So the village idiot has never heard of the $15 billion Mugabe admitted was being swindled from the diamond mining? The swindling is still going on. Only this week the crooks employment to manage this industry unveiled a fleet of new posh vehicles for bosses. The country has been begging for money to buy cholera drugs, fuel, food and other basic essentials but has money to buy cars, charter planes, etc.

Donors are now sick and tired of seeing these Zanu PF thugs driving to their offices in the very latest models of limos to beg for money.  

Zimbabwe is in this economic mess because of decades of corrupt and incompetent Zanu PF rule. After 38 years of rigging elections, the party has just rigged the July 2013 elections to extend its ruinous rule!

“The electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner,” wrote EU Election Observer Mission in their final report.

“The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors and lacked adequate traceability, transparency and verifiability. Finally, the restrictions on political freedoms, the excessive use of force by security forces and abuses of human rights in the post-election period undermined the corresponding positive aspects during the pre-election campaign. As such, many aspects of the 2018 elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet international standards.”

Go on, Comrade Matemadanda, show us the verified voters' roll for Gokwe Central constituency which you now claim to be the elected MP? How many of rural voters were frog marched to attend Zanu PF rallies and then vote for you because they feared being denies food aid or worse!

How many people have you; Comrade Matemadanda, as leader of rogue war veterans; had harassed, beaten and murdered, especially in 2008 and 2013 when the rogue war veterans were Zanu PF’s foot troopers?

You have said you and your fellow rogue war veterans are “the stockholders of Zimbabwe and the rest of us are merely stakeholders”. Whilst the ordinary Zimbabwean has the vote, you and Zanu PF have the veto. You alone decide who rules Zimbabwe and hence the reason Zanu PF has rigged elections again and again.

There are many, many ordinary men and women who have fought for freedom and human rights and dignity of all Zimbabweans, many have sacrificed their very lives, paid the ultimate price. It is heart breaking that instead of all Zimbabweans living in peace, justice and liberty after independence the nation has been locked in yet another struggle to end oppression. Yesteryear's liberators have become today's oppressors. 

Still, we must fight to end black on black oppression because to allow this madness to continue will be to betray all those who fought and died to end tyranny, to betray ourselves and posterity. We owe it to our forefathers, to ourselves and to our children to secure freedom, human rights and dignity for all!

We must not allow ourselves to be bamboozles by village idiots like Matemadanda and Mnangagwa into wasting time talking about illegal foreign currency dealers when we should be talking about the illegal and illegitimate Zanu PF regime which is the root cause of all economic problems and human misery and deaths!

Zimbabwe is in this economic mess of serious economic meltdown and political paralysis borne of having a corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging ruling party and equally corrupt and incompetent opposition because the country is stuck with the oppressive autocratic dictatorship. Zanu PF thugs are the real enemy holding back this nation.

“State must punish osiphatheleni illegally dealing in forex!” Who elected you and your fellow Zanu PF thugs? You too are illegal and illegitimate and the nation must punish you. You must all step down!

These Zanu PF thugs are the hyenas killing domestic animals and humans alike, the osiphatheleni are no more that ticks on the hyena’s back. Get rid of the hyenas and the ticks, the fleas, the foul smell and God knows will go with them!

By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka

Mnangagwa is no different from Mugabe

“There have been other worrying signs. At the weekend, in a column for the Sunday Mail, Mnangagwa declared that illegal foreign currency trade had become a "security issue". Mangudya was also quoted in the press warning private companies illegally buying forex on the black market,” reported newZWire.

“The Reserve Bank is increasingly unable to meet the forex demands of local companies, with the forex payments backlog at over $600 million. Mining firm RioZim has taken the unusual step of threatening a lawsuit because the central bank is not meeting its pledges to provide forex. Threats from Mnangagwa and Mangudya are therefore clearly out-of-place, as they both know there wouldn't be a black market if there was enough forex to go around.”

NewZWire is 100% correct there; of course, there would be no black market trading in foreign currency if there was no forex shortage.

Indeed, it is nonsense to call it a black market. Zimbabwe is using a multi-currency system and therefore everyone is free to trade in anyone of the many currencies. Note, this free trade includes trading in the different currencies themselves. Until 2009 the Z$ was the only legal currency and only authorised dealers were allowed to sell and buy all other foreign currency.

“Mnangagwa has sold himself at home and abroad as the "steady and firm hand" that the country needs,” continued NewZWire report.

Yes, he did but has already proven that he is not to be trusted. Mnangagwa promised to end corruption and has done very little about it. Like Mugabe before him, he has proven to be a reckless spender. Zimbabwe’s present forex shortage resulting in the shortage of basic commodities such as food, fuel and drugs is Mnangagwa’s own making in that ever since coming to power he has been spending money on new cars for Chiefs and Zanu PF officials, he squandered $1.4 million on a chartered plane for Grace Mugabe, etc.

When Mnangagwa failed to hold free, fair and credible election, as promised, that was the last straw that broke the camel’s back as far as the international community and the would-be investors and lenders were concerned.

He and his cronies can continued to crow “Zimbabwe is open for business!” in their colourful trademark scarfs. They are just wasting their breathe; the much hoped for flood of investors they are expecting would never happen. Investors do not do business in a pariah state in which the next regime change has to be yet another military coup or violent street protests.

By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka

Mnangagwa punishing the nation with shortages

Only a village idiot would believe that Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF thugs would have carefully plotted to have the foreign currency shortage, the financial chaos brought on by the Bond Notes value going up and down like a yoyo, the shortage of bread, fuel, medicine, etc. 

There is no doubt that the one thing Mnangagwa had wished for more than anything since seizing power nearly a year ago was to see a flood of investors and lenders pouring into the country in response to his “Zimbabwe is open for business!” carrion call. It was not to be, investors and lenders have continued to shy away from investing in Zimbabwe. 

The country’s worsening economic situation is a result of Mnangagwa’s failure to get the fundamentals right such as holding free, fair and credible elections, ending corruption, stop the waste of resources on new cars for chiefs and on chartered planes, etc. and not just talk about it. Zimbabwe cannot be open for business when it remains a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs. Investors do not do business this thugs because of the hustle and the risk of being mugged! 

There is no doubt that Mnangagwa understood the need end Zanu PF’s reputation as a party of thugs hence the reason for all that talk of “new Zimbabwe and new dispensation”. He was hoping that talking about holding free, fair and credible elections would suffice. The prospect of implementing the democratic reforms and giving up all Zanu PF’s dictatorial powers to rig the elections was a bridge to far for him and his junta cronies. 

Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown are a result of Mnangagwa and his junta’s refusal to accept the reality that Zimbabwe will never achieve any meaningful economic recovery as long as the country remains a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs. Chamisa’s suggestion the regime is causing the economic meltdown to punish the people is nonsense. The nonsensical narrative we have learnt to expect from corrupt and incompetent opposition leaders who claim to have the answers to all the nation’s problems but will only disappoint because they have no clue!

The only way out of this hell-hole Zanu PF has landed us in is for the party to step down to allow for the appointment of a interim administration that will implement the democratic reforms and then hold free, fair and credible elections.

Zimbabwe’s economic recovery is impossible whilst the country remains a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs! 

By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka

Forex shortages loom Zimbabwe

Mnangagwa going after the foreign currency dealers with all guns blazing!

“As we work towards improving and stabilising the flow of foreign exchange into the productive sector, we must at the same time ensure and enforce discipline in the market,” he wrote in an article in Bulawayo 24.

“This means everyone must play to rules and norms, including respecting the laws of the land.

“Sadly, events of the past two weeks have shown this is not so. Not everyone is playing to the rules. Partly because of wanton illicit currency deals happening in what is known as the black market, our economy has been disturbed.

“We have suffered massive market failures, manifesting in complete collapse of the pricing framework for virtually all commodities, regardless of import component. There has been a run on the bond note.”

What is so annoying about all this is the foreign currency shortage is just a manifestation of a bigger underlying problem which the regime is refusing to acknowledge. This is being penny wise but pound foolish!

It is all very well for Mnangagwa to talk about “everyone must play to rules and norms, including respecting the laws of the land.” The heart, body and soul of Zimbabwe’s economic and political problems all emanate from him and his Zanu PF junta not playing to rules; they are above the all the laws of the land; they are a law unto themselves.

Zanu PF blatantly rigged the recent elections in total disregard of the laws to ensure free, fair and credible elections. No one is going to be fooled by someone who stages a military coup, gets the Con-Court to declare that legal, rigs elections and get Con-Court to declare him the winner masquerading as the champion of the law. Zimbabwe is pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs. This has far reaching ramification to the country’s hopes of economic recovery than a foreign currency dealer.

The root cause of Zimbabwe’s foreign currency shortages is we are spending more forex paying for imports than we earn from exports. 38 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corrupt under this this one-party Zanu PF dictatorship has destroyed the country’s commerce and industries, agricultural sector, mining sector, etc. forcing unemployment to soar to dizzying height of 90%. We are now a nation that produces every little and imports almost everything!

We need to revive our economic production to reduce imports and increase exports.

  

By rigging the 30 July 2018 elections Zanu PF has destroyed our chance of reviving the economy scared away the would-be investors who cash injection in needed to kick-start the comatose economy. Investors do not do business in pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs!  

It takes a thief to catch a thief has a new twisted 

meaning. In Zimbabwe we have hardened criminals guilty of wholesale looting of the nation’s resources, military coup, vote rigging, over 30 000 cold blooded murders, etc. – all high treason stuff - using all state machinery to catch petty foreign currency dealers. Big deal!      

By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka

Finance Minister Ncube, wants to be judged after 6 months

This is infuriating! When have the people of 

Zimbabwe ever had a voice in even life and death matters? The country has just gone through an elections results were not “traceable, verifiable and the whole process was not transparent” and a senior government official is wittering of people “judging” as if he does not know that Zanu PF does as it pleases, period.

Minister Ncube is doing one other thing the Zanu PF 

regime loves to do - blame other people for its own mess. In the 1990s Zimbabwe had two back to back five-year IMF and WB sponsored Economic Structural Adjustment Programs (ESAP). Both programs failed to deliver an meaningful economic recovery because Zanu PF cherry picking, the regime implemented some reforms but left out all the important ones. President Mugabe went to town blaming the programs for the nation’s economic problems and blamed the IMF and WB for forcing the country to adopt them in the first place.

To hear Mugabe blubbering on and on about ESAP 

one would be forgiven to think IMF and WB had 

force 

Zimbabwe to accept the programs at gun-point. It 

was an excuse for not servicing the country’s 

mountain of debt. The IMF hit back by turning off all 

financial assistance to Zimbabwe.

It is doubtful if the IMF would have ever agreed to 

this TSP’s 2% tax on all electronic transactions 

clearly aimed at hitting the 75% of Zimbabweans 

living on US$1.00 or less a day! No doubt the regime 

will use the revenue to buy new cars for chefs, 

charter planes for Grace Mugabe, etc. The tax 

epitomises what is wrong with Zanu PF’s warped 

economic reforms and policies; they all hit the poor 

hard to subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of the 

filthy rich ruling elite.  

Even if the American government was to lift the 

sanctions this will not guarantee the IMF and WB 

would want to bankroll this regime's voodoo 

economic policies and programs. There is the issue 

of clearing the US$2 billion debt charges which 

Minister 

Ncube says he will pad in the next 12 months. All 

from the same 2% tax on the poor because the 

regime is not going to attract any local and foreign 

investors. By rigging the elections the regime shot 

itself in the foot, it scarred away would-be investors. 

No one wants to invest in a pariah state ruled by 

corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging thugs.

People were very pleased with the appointment of 

Professor Mthuli Ncube as Minister of Finance, given 

his impressive qualification and wide-ranging 

experience. Sadly, it is now clear he has no common 

sense. None! He has already made two very 

important policy blunders he said Zimbabwe was 

phasing out Bond Notes and then that he would 

allow 

the Bond Notes to float. He made U-turns on both 

but when the damaged was already done!

But his worst blunder is dragging the nation through 

years of economic hardship in pursuit of this TSP 

when it is clear there will be a lot of pain but no gain 

because there will never be any meaningful  

economic 

recovery whilst Zimbabwe remains a pariah state!

Minister Ncube; what Zimbabwe needs to revive its 

comatose economy is cash injection from the foreign 

and local investors not the last cents wrung out of 

the poorest of the poor, the regime has taxed to 

death already!

Zanu PF has dragged this nation into this hell-on-

earth and yet remains in power regardless. It is bad 

enough that you are dragging us through this hell for 

nothing; please do not insult our intelligence by 

pretending you do not know that Zanu PF rigs 

elections and therefore is democratically 

untouchable! “Judge me in six months!” Yeah right, 

as if anyone has ever done that!

By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka

EU Election Observer Report

The 30 July polls in Zimbabwe were for the presidency, parliament and local councils - known as the Harmonised Elections - and were the first since the stepping down from power of the former president Robert Mugabe after 37 years in office. Many previous elections have been contentious and with reports of abuses, and so while the commitment to hold credible elections by the interim president was welcomed, a legacy of the past was a low level of trust in the democratic process and institutions, which permeated the electoral environment. 

The right to stand was provided for, the elections were competitive and political freedoms during the campaign were respected. On Election Day, voters enjoyed the right to vote and both the campaign and election day were largely peaceful.

However, the right to an effective legal remedy was not adequately provided for, there is no equal suffrage and shortcomings in the registration of voters somewhat compromised universal and equal suffrage. Notably, major shortcomings in the pre-election environment impacted on the free expression of the will of electors, state resources were misused in favour of the incumbent and coverage by state media was heavily biased in favour of the ruling party. Further, the electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors and lacked adequate traceability, transparency and verifiability. Finally, the restrictions on political freedoms, the excessive use of force by security forces and abuses of human rights in the post-election period undermined the corresponding positive aspects during the pre-election campaign. As such, many aspects of the 2018 elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet international standards.

The election was competitive, with a large number of candidates and political parties contesting all three elections. The campaign was largely peaceful, with freedoms of movement, assembly and expression respected, and both the main presidential candidates held numerous rallies across the country. However, while political rights were largely respected, there were concerns regarding the environment for the polls and the failure to achieve a level playing field. Observers widely reported on efforts to undermine the free expression of the will of electors, through inducements, intimidation and coercion against prospective voters to try to ensure a vote in favour of the ruling party. Such practices also included direct threats of violence, pressure on people to attend rallies, partisan actions by traditional leaders, collection of voter registration slips and other measures to undermine confidence in the secrecy of the vote, manipulation of food aid and agricultural programmes and other misuses of state resources. 

The introduction of a number of legal and administrative changes was welcomed, including increasing the number of polling stations, limiting voters to voting only at their registered station, and limiting the number of excess ballots to be printed. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) put in place administrative arrangements for the holding of the 30 July polls as scheduled. However, the potentially positive measures were undermined by ZEC’s persistent lack of inclusivity and transparency. Further, the election management body became embroiled in a number of contentious issues, including the layout of the presidential ballot, modalities for printing and distributing ballots, poor procedures for confirming ballot security between printing and election day and the conduct of postal voting. ZEC also failed to make full or proper use of the Multi-Party Liaison Committees, particularly at the national and provincial levels. These issues contributed to a deterioration in the relationship between the electoral commission and the opposition in the weeks before the election. 

On the day of the election EU observers reported positively on the conduct of voting. Zimbabwean citizens turned out in large numbers and despite some lengthy queues, particularly in high density areas, the voting process was managed well by polling officials who worked hard to process voters. Some problems with the voter roll, or lack of voter awareness of their polling location, were evident. Party agents were present in virtually all of the polling places visited by EU observers. However, there appeared to be a high degree of instances of assisted voting in some places. The vote count in polling stations was reasonably well organised, though procedures were not always followed. The result was posted at the polling station in many instances, but not all. 

Presidential results announced by ZEC were based on figures from the provincial level. ZEC also provided a CD-ROM with polling station figures set out in excel format. As this was not a presentation of the actual V11 forms from each polling station, the CD-ROM did not provide the level of transparency, traceability and verifiability which was hoped for and which could have been achieved. Further, the figures presented by ZEC in the CD-ROM contained a large number of errors and inaccuracies. While these may not bring in to question the outcome per se, the errors do raise enough questions to have doubt as to the exact accuracy and reliability of the figures presented. The information provided by ZEC attests to a lack of quality control in its work, notably given that this was such a critical aspect of the elections. It is also notable that the provinces with the highest margin of votes in favour of the ruling party have been the areas with the highest number of reports of “smart intimidation”, misuse of state resources, involvement of traditional leaders and other electoral malpractices 

While the country stayed generally calm after polling, tension in Harare increased dramatically as the first parliamentary results indicated a clear lead for the ruling ZANU-PF. The fact that presidential results were not being released added to speculation and tensions. Before the announcement of official results by ZEC, MDC-A leaders started claiming that their party had won and that at least the presidential elections had been rigged. On 1 August a demonstration in the vicinity of the ZEC command centre was met with the deployment of military units. Soldiers fired live rounds into the crowd leaving at least six people dead and 14 injured. The MDC-A headquarters was also raided, and 27 persons, reportedly engaged on the MDC-Alliance’s vote tabulation, were arrested and computer equipment was seized, and to-date has not been released.

Following the declaration of results, there were reports of violence, and human rights defenders documented over 150 human rights violations between 1-7 August, including retributive acts against supporters, agents and candidates of the opposition. Reports of such of such acts persisted in the post-election phase. The legal challenge against the presidential results by Nelson Chamisa, presidential candidate for MDC-Alliance, was handled in a timely and transparent manner, but was rejected by the court on the basis that their claims were unproven. While ZEC’s poor management of the results may have opened up the process to a degree of legal jeopardy, the case brought by Chamisa did not adequately prove the case for a substantial change of the result. However, many of the claims regarding problems during the pre-election period and many of the procedural errors in ZEC’s management of the results had varying degrees of validity. 

Based on EU EOM monitoring, the state broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, failed to abide by its legal obligation to ensure equitable and fair treatment to all political parties and candidates. State-owned TV, radio and newspapers, which dominate the media landscape, were heavily biased in favour of the ruling party and incumbent president in their election-related coverage. Media operated in a generally free environment during the campaign and freedom of expression was respected. 

The legal framework provides for key rights and freedoms for the conduct of competitive elections. However, shortcomings in the Electoral Act and the absence of campaign finance regulations limit the integrity, transparency and accountability of the process. Furthermore, delays in adjudication, dismissal of court cases on merely technical grounds and a number of controversial judgments compromised the right to an effective legal remedy. 

The switch to biometric voter registration so close to the election was a major challenge for ZEC, which assumed responsibility for the roll for the first time. Data indicates a capture rate of 78.6% of the estimated eligible population, though with lower levels of registration in urban areas and a number of errors which remain to be resolved. The manner of sharing the voter roll with stakeholders proved contentious and, while acknowledging the effort ZEC made in undertaking the biometric registration, its lack of transparency and failure to provide clear and coherent information about voter registration overall added to a sense of mistrust by stakeholders. 

In the direct election for the National Assembly, only 14.75% of candidates were women and women were nominated in just 126 of the 210 seats. But by virtue of the additional proportional list system for the Assembly, which is a temporary constitutional measure, women will represent some 33% representation in the parliament overall. 

Priority Recommendations 

1. ZECs independence needs to be strengthened, free from governmental oversight in the approval of its regulations. 
2. ZEC must provide effective and timely information on all steps of the electoral preparations, making all information of public interest, including ZEC resolutions and verifiable polling station level results, immediately and easily accessible. 
3. Voter registration needs to be enhanced in “under registered” districts of the country to ensure universal and equal suffrage. 
4. Legal measures should be introduced to mitigate abuse of the advantage of incumbency and abuse of state resources 
5. State-owned media must abide by their legal obligation to be impartial and provide equitable treatment to all political parties and candidates. 
6. The results management process needs to be more coherent and fully explained to all stakeholders well in advance of the polls in order to enhance transparency, verifiability and integrity of the results process. 
7. The process of aligning the Electoral Act with the 2013 Constitution needs to be pursued and completed. 

8. Develop regulation of political party financing to promote accountability and transparency and as a key step towards creating a level playing field between political parties. 
9. Procedures for the security of the ballot from printing, deployment to polling stations and on Election Day should be reviewed and procedures clearly announced for future elections. 
10. Multi-Party Liaison Committees should be a regular feature of inter-party dialogue throughout the entire electoral cycle, to be an effective conflict resolution tool for political parties and to provide an effective forum for reporting on non-compliance with the Code.1 

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