UDC stole our money � Ntime
Oarabile Mosikare | Tuesday October 21, 2014 17:31
Ntime said after the UDC leaders suspected foul play following the death of Motswaledi end of July, the public contributed to the fund but now the party is not ready to release the report.
Ntime said he also contributed to the fund and was disappointed by the turn out of events. “The UDC diverted our money and bought campaign buses instead. We have been cheated. Where is the report?” shouted Ntime. The youthful former Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) president further alleged that Motswaledi once confided in him before his demise that he would retrace his steps to the BDP after general elections.
“O ntheile are goo-rramotho go thebephatswa. He said his five year suspension would be over after the elections and he would rejoin the ruling party,” he alleged.
Meanwhile, still at the rally, President Ian Khama appealed to the voters to give his party a new mandate during the general elections on Friday.
Botswana goes to the polls on October 24 and three main political parties are contesting the general elections.
Addressing the mega rally, Khama told BDP supporters to vote his party in order to secure their future. “We have five days left to decide to move either forward or backwards. If you want to move forward, vote for the BDP and if you want to move backwards, vote for the opposition parties,” Khama said to the thunderous applause from the BDP supporters.
He went further to outline the success of his party in the last five years. He said his government was able to finish the power station in Morupule and they are planning to build more power stations in future. He also said they his government also built dams in the northern part of the country and they are in the process of building a pipeline to connect the southern part.
“We will also build pipelines from Zambezi River and Lesotho.” Khama also promised the voters that Botswana would introduce railway lines to Mozambique and Namibia ports. He said Botswana has opened the seaport in Namibia.
He reminded his supporters that Botswana’s economy, just like other countries were affected by recession but it had now completely recovered from the downturn.
“We were in a recession in the few past years and now we have recovered. I hear that some European countries are likely to be affected by the recession again. This shows that the BDP is a party you can trust.”
The President said under the BDP rule, Botswana had been rated the most democratic country in Africa. He added that Botswana is the longest serving democracy in Africa.