It's all-Khama's people for the chairmanship

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FRANCISTOWN: As the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) prepares for the July elective congress, party president Ian Khama has nothing to lose this time around.

As the party heads to Maun, Khama has kept his cards very close to his chest so that he does not possibly divide party members. Not that he is pressed to announce his favourite candidate because all the three candidates for the chairmanship--Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, Guma Moyo and Patrick Balopi --are loyal to him.

Khama might be comforted by the fact that in the chairmanship race they are all candidates of substance, sober minds and are all level-headed. Impressed by the elective congresses of both the BDP National Youth Executive Committee (NYEC) last year and the Women's Wing last month, Khama is possibly convinced that his party is stabilising. Now he can simply say, 'May the best candidate win'.

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