BPF banks on Khama magic
Friday, July 07, 2023 | 630 Views |
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Ian Khama
The Khama ‘magic’ factor will play a big role in tomorrow’s by-election in the Serowe West constituency. This became evident at the launch of BPF candidate, Onalepelo Kedikilwe, over the weekend when the former legislator for the constituency, Tshekedi Khama, was roped in virtually as the main speaker to impress upon voters that the Khamas are still with the party.
It was important for Khama to publicly declare his support for Kedikilwe to remove any suspicion that the Khamas are not on board. Kedikilwe, a former employee of the Serowe constituency office, needed a voice of assurance from Khama that the influential family is fully behind his candidacy.
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