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President Mnangagwa has re-appointed Priscilla Chigumba as the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ad is expected to resume office on the 1st of February.
Chigumba, who was first appointed in December 2022 taking over from Justice Rita Makarawo has been re-appointed in terms of 238 (5) of the Constitution.
Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Martin Rushwaya relayed the reappointment to Justice Chigumba in a letter yesterday.
“I am pleased to advise that His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde. E.D. Mnangagwa has, in terms of Section 238(5) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (No. 20) Act 2013 re-appointed you as the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for a period of six years with effect from 1 February 2024,” he said.
Chigumba, who has been ZEC chairperson since the rein of Mnangagwa, obtained her law degree in the United Kingdom and joined Gollop and Blank law firm in 1994.
She practised as a lawyer for six years before joining PG Industries as an assistant company secretary and later formed her own law firm.
She then joined the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs as a magistrate in 2004 and served as a resident and provincial magistrate before being seconded to work as a senior professional research assistant in the Office of the Chief Justice.
She spear headed the 2018 election in which President Mnangagwa won and also the 2023 elections.
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