ZEC chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau announced last week her commission was unable to raise $50 million that is needed to establish an electronic voters' roll which would go a long way towards making Zimbabwe's electoral system credible.
Makarau said the equipment needed to capture data electronically was very expensive, costing about $5 000 per kit and that ZEC would require 10 000 of such kits to ensure that all polling stations were catered for.
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