115 BDP members nominated for council

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Out of the 119 nominated councillors, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has 115 councillors, while the Umbrella for Democratic Change has four. The Botswana Congress Party has no representation.

Officials at the ministry responsible, Local Government, find nothing wrong with the heavy imbalance in favour of the ruling party.

The response to Mmegi questions was that in considering nominations for Councillors, qualities looked at were educational qualifications and gender amongst others.

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