UK party drills Umbrella

Speaking at a press conference in Gaborone yesterday, the coordinator of Africa Liberal Network, Nick Branson, said they were impressed by the contribution of the participants of the two-day workshop that was held over the weekend.  The workshop focused on competencies a leader should have. Branson said BMD participants, who included leaders and ordinary people, had shown a good democratic value of trying to develop cadres, thus enabling people to rise to positions of leadership.

Also speaking at the press conference, the Liberal Democrats' head of Candidates' Office in the UK, Tamsin Hewitt, said they worked on identifying competent leaders who were to make sure that they candidates came from a cross section of socio-economic backgrounds.