BNF Primaries Marred By Fights :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana National Front (BNF) is yet to have a Jwaneng-Mabutsane parliamentary candidate for 2019 general elections after a fight erupted leading to yet another failure to release the Khakhea ward results. Former Jwaneng Mayor Tsietsi Oodira-Kwenje and Celsius Rande are challenging Sean Nthaile.

The initial polls were held on August 18, 2018 and election officers stopped the counting of Khakhea ward due to some irregularities. Sources allege that some people voted multiple times in the same ward.

According to sources, there was exchange of blows in Khakhea on Saturday during counting of ballots, which led to the parliamentary elections being withheld. It is said party members attacked each other as they disagreed on the number of votes recorded. A councillor from Jwaneng is said to have then stabbed one of the party members during the fight. Doors and windows were reportedly broken in the process before the police were called in to assist.

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