There is serious food deficit in the peri urban villages of St Peters, Methodist and Robert Sinyoka as well as squatter camps of Ngozi Mine and Killarney due to the drought and high poverty levels.  On 10 July at house number 72890 Umgola Road in Lobengula ten 50kg bags of rice were given to Henrietta Dube the Zanu PF Chief Election agent for winning candidate Maidei Mpala to give to their campaign team as a thank you. The bags were taken by wheelbarrow from Dube’s house to the Zanu PF commissioner’s house at 72868 in Lobengula for distribution. Only 2 bags were shared, with people being given 2litre tins of rice each. There was disgruntlement as people complained that most of them got nothing and those few had very little. Their complaints were however ignored. Harare The rice meant to be distributed to widows, orphans and the old in Glen View South was taken to Member of Parliament Pius Madzinga’s house. He only distributed it in ward 31 where he lives, leaving out ward 32 which is part of his constituency. On 31 July 2015 a recently formed community based organisation Zimbabwe Aids Victims Empowerment Association (ZAVEA) brought maize to Glen View South to be distributed to widows and orphans of ward 32. ZAVEA was giving local community based organizations working with children, widows and the disadvantaged eight (8) 50kg bags each for onward distribution to the beneficiaries. Members from the Social Welfare department and the Glenview South MP were invited to witness the handover. The local legislator Madzinga brought 4 pickups and took the maize. No distribution has been made to date. Reported Food Violations - July 2015 2 1 0 Figure 7: Reported Food Violations Mashonaland Central It has been reported that as people were being registered to get food relief in Mbereko village ward 17 in Muzarabani South supporters of MDC-T were not allowed to register. It was only Zanu PF members who were allowed to register to get maize and beans from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). The registration took place from 4 July to 1 August 2015. On 20 July the Italian Embassy was distributing food to the elderly, orphans and the sick at Bindura Showgrounds. The Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere ordered the local MP Kenneth Musanhi to chant Zanu PF slogans but he refused to do so as the event was not political. The Councillor of ward 17 in Mazowe Central Dominic Chimumba was given bales of second hand clothes from the Ministry of Social Welfare to give the poor and old people in Glendale. The clothes 12