By Paul Nyathi|The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ZEC has disapproved a symbol presented by the under contest Zeb Shumba led ZimFirst party.

The symbol which featured the Zimbabwean bird was blocked by the electoral body on claims that the bird is prohibited from being used as a political parties symbol.

The party since recrafted its symbol.

Speaking to ZimEye.com in an interview on Saturday, Shumba said that the party had to accept the order from ZEC and adjusted its symbol accordingly.

“We had no alternative but to comply said Shumba.

The party has since notified its members of the change in the symbol.

“After ZEC wrote to the party stating that our logo consisted of a Zimbabwe bird that is a banned symbol, the party has redesigned the logo,” said Shumba in a statement to the members.

“Please find attached the new logo and the symbolism of each feature on the logo:

“The Map and Number 1- our Country First, Zimbabwe First ideology . The People and Number 1- our People First ideology. The people sitting on a gold bullion- Nyika Vanhu . Abantu Yilizwe: abundance of mineral wealth our people should sit on in comfort and prosperity. Green color- peace and prosperity that comes with ZimFirst. Red – blood shed for our country . Black- our African heritage and our. Thank you Edwin Mazingi Senior Presidential Advisor ZimFirst Nyika Vanhu. Vanhu NdoNyika Abantu Yilizwe. Ilizwe Ngabantu.”