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PUSO not a new party – Modubule

Nehemiah Modubule speaking at All Party Conference  PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Nehemiah Modubule speaking at All Party Conference PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

When some assumed he had called it quits after leaving the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), former Lobatse legislator Nehemiah Modubule resurfaced at the All Party Conference, representing his 30-year-old party, the United Socialist Party (PUSO).

The agenda of the day, as State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng convened the meeting, was political party funding, with parties set to share P34 million. PUSO, an old party founded by Modubule himself, aims to capitalise on this new development as the general election approaches.

Upon Modubule's introduction at the meeting hall, some unfamiliar with the party speculated that he represented 'puso' (as in government). However, Modubule, the only individual to have won a parliamentary seat as an independent candidate, clarified to the media after the conference that his party PUSO is not a new political entity.

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