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Kudos to Kario

It takes a brave, honest and considerate political leader to follow your path Kavis Kario, especially when the party you led has had a shocking fall in the national polls after being in power for 58 continuous years.

A few weeks after the former ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) was reduced to a pale shadow of itself in the just passed General Election on October 30, it was only logical that you take a conscious decision of resigning from the party. This was before you could be pushed out of the position by irate party diehards who feel you did not do enough during your tenure as the head of the party secretariat.

We know that it is at the party secretariat where the heartbeat of a party is anchored. Remember, you led a well resourced party when you went into the 2024 General Election. The party only lacked proper direction.

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