By Paul Nyathi|The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, ZEC, has failed to provide candidates outside Harare with the voters roll seven days after the sitting of the nom8mation court.

Candidates in Matabeleland South and North who spoke to ZimEye.com said that the ZEC provincial offices in the provinces are referring anyone in need of the voters roll to go and collect it from the ZEC Head Office in Harare.

Gwanda Central constituency contesting candidate for ZAPU, Cannicious Nkala told ZimEye.com that the ZEC offices in Gwanda claim that they do not have the voters roll at their offices and is referring them to the capital city about 500km away.

“Its very disturbing because ZEC should have provided us with the voters roll before the nomination but up to now we still can not get the roll locally but being told to go to Harare,” he said.

An official with the ZEC offices in Bulawayo said that the voters roll will be made available in the provinces soon but those in urgent need of the roll can get it from Harare.

ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba has been on the media insisting that the voters roll is now readily available for anyone interested in having it.

The national voters roll is selling for $20 at the ZEC offices in Harare and $2 for a ward voters roll. Nominated candidates have a right to one copy of the voters roll for free.