Boko dangles dikano on the campaign trail :: Mmegi Online

“If you vote for me I promise to...,” is a phrase that dominates the campaign speeches and messages. But the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) president, Duma Boko’s key message as he traverses the country is honouring the party’s dikano (oaths/promises) if the tri-party coalition wins the October 30 General Election. Mmegi Staffer SPIRA TLHANKANE looks at Boko’s resonating ‘dikano’ since launching his bid for the State House

“I come to you with oaths because you and I are united by these oaths,” Boko says every time he stands in front of multitudes as he continues to launch the UDC candidates for political office. The UDC is a coalition, which consists of the Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and the Alliance for Progressives (AP). Boko says with UDC it is not just usual flowery promises being made by politicians to gather votes, but has insisted on the campaign trail that life will be better under his administration if the UDC wins next month’s polls.

By nature, oaths and/or promises have the same goal, which is to encourage people to keep their word, especially when it is tempting not to. Boko, on the campaign trail, tends to use religion, especially Christianity to put across his messages. With the use of the word ‘cross’ repeatedly, Boko often makes a Biblical reference to show that the UDC will keep their oath just like Jesus who kept his promise till he died for his people on the cross.

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