Lessons from Kenya to Botswana - forego the Electronic Voting Machine

The fact that laws are being legislated to make it harder for them to register and vote does not help in ensuring that our democracy is working. People should be vigilant on restrictive voting laws, whatever their political affiliations are, because a true democracy is one where every eligible citizen has full access to the electoral process, whatever their social, economic, or political status in life,” said Jean Alia Roberts.

The above statement quite emphatically resonates with what is holding ground within Botswana. We are a nation at cross roads when one fully contemplates and comprehends the direction and trajectory of our democracy and viewed at the prism of our political parties and the laws that are being passed in pParliament and speaking directly to voting.