Trying times for Moswaane, UDC

Moswaane PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Moswaane PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

If the Francistown West legislator, Ignatius Moswaane had indeed garnered the number of defectors that he pronounced at a press conference officially welcoming him and the promised ‘massive’ defectors is anything to go by, then he and his new political home, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) have a mountain to climb in the constituency, writes Mmegi Scribe RYDER GABATHUSE

FRANCISTOWN: The weekend launch of Moswaane can only be described as a shadow of itself especially after he (Moswaane) had promised that his former party was in trouble as he was destined to collapse its operations in the Francistown West constituency.

Since the late Tshelang Masisi ousted veteran politician, Vain Mamela from the Francistown West constituency at the 2009 polls, the constituency has been dominated by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Mamela stood on the Botswana National Front (BNF) ticket at the 2004 general election, becoming the first MP for the area that was freshly christened following delimitation exercise that year. He then beat former health minister, Dr. John Seakgosing who had represented the BDP.

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