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How is it possible that two different people of different genders share the same ID? This is the case of
Makamure Rosario and Kondo Chalton; both with ID number 38-123629 -B38. Makamure Rosario was born
on 24 October 1978 and lives at House number C022, unnamed Street in Epworth in Harare. Kondo Chalton
is from Mashonaland West, born on 28 June 1974 and living in Village Sungwi 1B under headman Mazaula
and Chief Mujinga. The two are registered at two different polling stations as shown by the unique PS codes,
in different constituencies namely Epworth and Hurungwe East. As already noted, the case of this pair might
simply have been the result of a data entry error.
Duplicate Entry 4
ID
Surname Names
Sex DOB
Address
Chingandu Tanyanyiwa 63-493581 L 25 M 12/01/40 House Number
Moses
3271, Nhunguru
Street, Zengeza,
Chitungwiza
Chingandu Tanyanyiwa
Moses
63-493581 L 25 M
PS Code
Constituency Province
6301CHIT1001 Zengeza West Harare
Metropolitan
12/01/40 House Number
6301CHIT1002 Zengeza West Harare
21, Nhunguru
Metropolitan
Street, Zengeza 2,
Chitungwiza
The registrant Chingandu Tanyanyiwa Moses also appears twice in the final voters' roll. Both entries share the
same ID number (63-493581-L25), which is supposed to be unique to the individual. Both are males staying in
Nhunguru Street, Zengeza in Chitungwiza. However, their house numbers differ. Though they are both
registered under the same Constituency, they are registered to vote under different polling station.
Duplicate Entry 5
Surname
Ndlovu
Names
Tendai
ID
Sex DOB
Address
67-076653 E 67 F
30/08/71 House Number
579, Mandava
Ndlovu
Tendai
67-076653 E 67 F
PS Code
6701ZTC0102
30/08/71 Mudereri Village, 6700RDC1304
Headman Mudereri,
Chief Masunda,
Zvishavane
Constituency
Zvishavane
Ngezi
Province
Midlands
Zvishavane
Runde
Midlands
Ndlovu Tendai also appears twice in the FVR. Both registrants are from Midlands, share the same ID, which,
as already noted, should not be possible as the ID is unique to individual, same sex and date of birth. However,
the two do not share the same residential address; one lives in Mandava whereas the other lives in Masunda
(Zvishavane). In addition, they are also registered in different constituencies though both constituencies are
in Zvishavane in the Midlands province, but are registered to vote at different polling station.
The analysis also points to suspicious cases with different permutations; 65,536 voters with duplicate names,
4,862 voters with duplicate names and date of births, 7,416 voters with duplicate names and address, 44
voters with the same name date of birth and similar address. The list can be found in the excel file called
duplicates. Below, we present two unusual cases where we think chance alone can explain the similarities.
Table 40: Unusual cases
Surname ID Number
Gender Date of Voter Address
Forenames
Birth
Ndlovu
28-020069 W 28 F
9/4/1963 Bethel Village,
Eunice
Headman Dubane,
Chief Nhlamba,
Gwanda
Ndlovu
08-449203 Q 28
F
9/4/1963 Bethel Village,
Eunice
Headman Dubane,
Chief Nhlamba,
Gwanda
Polling Station Constituency District Province
Code
2800GWA1401 Gwanda
Gwanda Matabeleland
Central South
2800GWA1401 Gwanda
Gwanda Matabeleland
Central South
Ndlovu Eunice has two entries that have different IDs, same gender, voter's address, same polling station and
Constituencies. What is most striking about these two entries is that they also share the same date of birth.
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