By Own Correspondent| Irked by Deputy minister for Finance and Economic Development, Terence Mukupe’s statements, a Chitungwiza South citizen has registered to vote for the first time in the forthcoming polls.

Said Norman T M.

Mukupe's ill-advised speech and comments made me to think twice and I registered to vote for the first time in my life on thursday @Wamagaisa @TembaMliswa @advocatemahere @BitiTendai @tonysimo66 @tmukupe pic.twitter.com/YC32NKzhgK

— tinoooo (@Normant53161553) May 26, 2018

Mukupe’s statements where he said that the army would never allow MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa get into power even if he wins the forthcoming polls courted controversy and retribution from all sections of society.

Adding salt to injury, the deputy minister also reiterated his statements at a public discussion at Kwekwe polytechnic where he indicated that he was nit apologetic that Chamisa would never get into power.

OAccording to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), over 5 million people have registered to vote with 4 million people  having so far checked their registration status and details in the 10 day on going voter verification exercise which started on May 19.

The country’s elections body revealed that to date, a total of 3 256 440 prospective voters had received bulk SMS detailing their registration details while 819 935 registered voters had used the USSD code *265# to check for their BVR details.

“As at May 24 2018, 4 770 405 people have so far checked their registration status while 694 030 have physically inspected the voters roll,” revealed the ZEC.