enter, instead Glory the head teacher, got his card and returned it to him asking him to come back after 14 hours. 32. He then proceeded to Kapala where he was allowed to enter the polling station and observe the voting process. Later he moved to Kasonge polling station and based on his observations he told the Petitioner that the voting process was not being done well. The polling agents of the 2nd Respondent were helping the illiterate beyond their limits when voting. He testified that he continued his visits to other polling stations and the next polling station he visited was Ponga where he was chased. He then went to Lwamfwe and later stopped at Mukumbo where he was allowed access. After he saw that time was running out, he decided to go to a polling station near his home. PW3 later called the Petitioner and told him what he had observed on election day. 33. In cross examination by Mr. Mu tale, he confirmed that he was passing through the polling stations on the election day and in total he visited nine polling stations. He conceded that the 1st Respondent did not prevent him from entering the polling stations and that the people denying him access were the senior most persons at some polling stations. He further acknowledged that it was not the polling agents but a group called GOZA that were preventing him from observing the voting. PW3 also clarified that GOZA was a group of supporters for the 1st Respondent because he was aware that it was run by the 1st Respondent. J17

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