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.
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