-J12- told him that they had foot soldiers who were recording the number of people who were voting for the President as a prerequisite to partake in the food. He said around 18:40 hours, as he was heading back, he decided to return to Kapolyo Polling Station. That while he was talking to the people at Kapolyo, he saw the Respondent, clad in a white head sock, enter the polling station. And that when the Respondent came out of the polling station, he heard him say; "you should vote for the person you are seeing, which is me”. He added that the Respondent proceeded to buy fritters for the electorates who were in the queue. In cross examination, he said, he never saw the Respondent and his election agent, Gift Lwembe deliver chickens to anyone or slaughter an animal. He said he did not report any malpractice against the Respondent that he witnessed either to the Police or the ECZ. PW4 was Kennedy Mwila of Katebule Village, Chief Makasa of Mungwi District. He said he was a village headman. He stated that on August 12, at around 08:00hours he was visited by Gift Lwembe, the campaign manager for the Respondent and Wisdom Chileshe, a councillor candidate on the PF ticket. He said when he was visited, Gift Lwembe was driving a Land Cruiser registration Mark GRZ 229 CF. He said Gift Lwembe advised him as village headman to encourage his subjects to vote for the PF in the general election and that food would be available for distribution. He said he was cautioned that if people did not vote for the PF, the machine that was used to register voters was able to detect those that did not vote for

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