Terrence Mawawa|Youthful MDC Alliance MP for Masvingo Urban Jacob Nyokanhete has forked out $ 2000 to pay election agents in a goodwill gesture that has been hailed by senior members of the opposition party.

Nyokanhete used his personal resources to pay 220 election agents, according to the MDC Alliance Masvingo Provincial Executive.

Speaking in an interview with ZimEye.com Nyokanhete said:
“I am humbled by the sincerity and honesty of our election agents.They protected our votes and Zanu PF failed to steal Masvingo Urban votes.”

He said he would continue to work closely with councillors to make sure the city continues to improve service delivery.

“We won in Masvingo Urban and we must therefore deliver. We thank the previous council for being named the best-run municipality at our party’s 19thanniversary at Gwanzura,” said Nyokanhete.