Nonconformist Dow in the race for Mochudi West
Friday, June 13, 2014
She shocked many when she announced that she was going to contest for parliamentary office under the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ticket a couple of years ago. Though she was not always politically active, Dow says that she was a BDP member all along and first joined the party in the early 1990s.
“This is the first time that I am contested for an elective office,” she says. She won the Mochudi West BDP parliamentary primary elections in 2013. She is now faced with the daunting task of wrestling the constituency from Gilbert Mangole of the Botswana Movement of Democracy (BMD).
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...