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BNF didn’t reject me—Modubule

Nehemiah Modubule PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Nehemiah Modubule PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

MAHALAPYE: Newly-elected Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) president, Nehemiah Modubule claims Botswana National Front (BNF) didn’t reject his application when he asked to be re-admitted to the party a few months ago.

BNF was Modubule’s political home for many years before he was expelled ahead of the 2009 General Election.

He defied the odds that year and went on to win Lobatse Constituency as an independent candidate. After being elected president unopposed in Mahalapye over the weekend, he told The Monitor the BNF never rejected him.

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