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Test for Serame, Dikoloti at Goodhope/Mmathethe constituency

Serame PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Serame PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

There is a likelihood that Minister of Finance, Peggy Serame and her Health Ministry counterpart Edwin Dikoloti will challenge each other in the upcoming Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections.

The BDP is going for its primary elections dubbed Bulela Ditswe sometime this year after its national council in March. Serame and Dikoloti have been treating each other like brother and sister.

However, the outcome of the Delimitation Commission has brought a test on their relationship as Goodhope/Mabule, which Serame has been aiming to contest at, has been merged with Mmathethe area which Dikoloti has been representing as a Member of Parliament (MP). The Delimitation Commission outcome was presented to Cabinet early this month and this week some snippets were all over the social media.

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