BDP Facebook claims DK meets Mugabe for BMD funding

Seditious claims linking Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairman Daniel Kwelagobe (DK) to the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) gained weight yesterday with the BDP's Facebook page carrying allegations that Kwelagobe and Samson Guma Moyo of the BMD met with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and other key ZANU PF officials in Harare over the weekend, purportedly to receive funding for the BMD.

However, DK  told Mmegi that the BDP will respond to the Facebook post today. He admitted travelling to Zimbabwe with Moyo, who has Zimbabwean roots, though he said it was a journey of friends without any political purpose.

Infact, DK was quick to add that the BDP should rest assured that he remains a BDP activist through and through."I want to state that I will be launching the BDP parliamentary candidate for Tonota North as soon as the party has concluded its primary elections," he said. "I will be launching the BDP candidate for Tonota North as the Chairman of the BDP." Nevertheless, one Leruo Maswabi, who purports to be a BDP member working and living in Harare, yesterday posted this warning to "genuine patriotic" Batswana on the BDP Facebook page (copied verbatim):

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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...

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