A member of the committee responsible for the statue project Kitso Kelosiwang said that they had to go through many challenges before they could get the job done. "We started way back in 1993 but despite all the hurdles we experienced, we have finally  succeeded in getting the statue home," he said.  He stated that a number of people quit the project along the way, making things difficult. He said that of the P550,000 required to complete the project they have managed to raise P382,000. Speaking on the behalf of the Bangwaketse royal family, Kgosi Malope Gaseitsewe a grandson of Bathoen II said that the statue will be mounted as soon as the balance has been raised.

He appealed to well-wishers to help the Bangwaketse raise the money so that the project could be completed. The work on the statue began last year when the morafe engaged Radinoga to do the job. The sculptor prepared the fibre-glass mould of the statue before taking it to a factory in South Africa to be made into a bronze effigy, which is the exact replica of the original work. Kgosi Bathoen II, who ruled the Bangwaketse from 1928 to 1969 when he abdicated is one of the most celebrated political icons in the history of Botswana.  He was active in both traditional and contemporary politics. He has been  described by some historians as 'stubborn, authoritarian but hardworking'. After abdicating, he became known as Bathoen Gaseitsewe.  He contested the Bangwaketse  constituency and trounced then vice president Sir Ketumile Masire, who would later become the second president of Botswana. Bathoen died in 1990.