MP in trouble for faking home address

Anesu Madiye Herald Reporter
The trial of Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament Mr Samuel Banda for violating the Electoral Act whicht was scheduled to start yesterday has been postponed to January 3, 2019 to give his new lawyer, Mr Job Sikhala, time to look at the case and prepare for trial.

Banda was arrested for providing a false address during the National Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise in December 2017.

He used that false address to contest for the Mt Pleasant House of Assembly seat which he won.

It is the State’s case that on December 28 last year and during the BVR exercise, Banda allegedly misrepresented to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) that he lived in Mt Pleasant in order for him to register as a voter in that constituency hwn, in fact, he did not.

It is the State’s case that through the misrepresentation, Banda registered as a voter in the constituency where he contested as an MP and eventually won.