Moupo Bites The Dust

Monday, February 11, 2008

Botswana National Front (BNF) president, Otsweletse Moupo, having been vanquished in the Gaborone West North party primaries, will no longer go to Parliament on the BNF ticket in 2009. By close of counting on Saturday night, the leader of the opposition had lost his parliamentary constituency to Maemo Bantsi who thrashed him by 697 votes to Moupo's 521 votes.

Moupo's vice president, Olebile Gaborone survived over his challenger, Alfred Matlapeng at South East North with 1,126 as his opponent polled 361.

In one of the most tightly contested constituencies at Gaborone South, Akanyang Magama pulled through with 1,148 against attorney, Tebogo Sebego who polled 1,103.

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