Ruling Zanu PF party councillors and the police have taken over the vetting of hungry villagers requiring food under new distribution procedures that could see opposition supporters sidelined. Under the new procedures, which Zim Online witnessed being implemented in the Midlands province and in some parts of Manicaland, villagers must first get a letter from the Zanu PF councillor of their local ward stating that they should be allowed to buy cheaper priced maize from the government's Grain Marketing Board (GMB).