Use power of your vote, students told

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University of Botswana Student Representative Council (UBSRC) president, Kago Mokotedi, has urged tertiary students to use the 2014 general election to voice their unhappiness at the way they are treated.

Speaking at a press conference last week, Mokotedi told tertiary students to resist being reduced to cry babies. The press conference, held at the UBSRC office, was crowded with students from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) who have been going through wrangles with their management.

"The power lies in our hands and in the 2014 vote.  In 2014, the only way to say 'enough is enough' to the regime is to make sure that your vote counts," he said.Mokotedi was speaking in the aftermath of the release from police cells, on bail, of suspended LUCT SRC president, Poloko Pitwane.

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