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BCP officially ditches UDC

Dumelang Saleshando PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Dumelang Saleshando PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

MAUN: It is now official, Botswana Congress Party (BCP) won’t be part of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) come next year’s general election.

After months and months of uncertainty about its next move, the BCP has now revealed that the 2024 general election will be a three horse race between UDC, ruling Botswana Democratic Party and their new coalition with Alliance for Progressives (AP) and Botswana Labour Party (BLP).

This was revealed by BCP Secretary General (SG) Goretetse Kekgonegile at yesterday’s rally here. “Let’s prepare our minds for next year’s menu. It will be a three horse race come 2024.

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