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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, Laxton Group of Companies, to supply Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits, which are expected in the country in the next three months.

The introduction of the BVR kits means Zimbabweans now have to go and register afresh as voters. Justice Makarau said the firm was chosen out of a process that they initiated with United Nations Development Programme and it was very transparent.

Laxton Group has been active in Africa after it supplied 8 000 BVR kits and instant plastic card issuance kits to Tanzania in 2015. It has also worked in Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique, where it reportedly supplied BVR kits, generators, batteries and other accessories for voter registration and elections.

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