Rammidi feels opposition financial woes, Reatile has BDP taking care of his campaign

He has had to live with the fact that canvassing for support in the opposition is very expensive, especially in a sparse constituency like Kanye North.  The Botswana Congress Party candidate says to make meaningful impact, one needs roughly P300,000. To print and distribute T-shirts, a candidate has to part with at least P5,000, and for a launch, P50,000.

“Things are not easy like before when I was in the ruling party. In the BDP private companies voluntarily came up to help me financially. For the 2009 general elections I managed to raise P100,000 through private companies. These companies came to assist me but in opposition politics you are on your own,” said Rammidi.