No plans to relocate expelled MPs - UDC

Onneetse Ramogapi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Onneetse Ramogapi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has refuted reports that it is planning to relocate the expelled Botswana Congress Party (BCP) legislators to favourable constituencies.

Last year at their National Annual Conference held at Mahalapye in July, the UDC affiliate, the BCP took a decision to expel its five defiant Members of Parliament (MPs) who were part of the UDC caucus that toppled former Leader of Opposition (LoO), Dumelang Saleshando and replaced him with Dithapelo Keorapetse.

The members are Keorapetse, Onneetse Ramogapi, Never Tshabang, David Tshere and Kenny Kapinga who has since been readmitted into the BCP.


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