Vote for UDC or stay in poverty, Boko

UDC president Duma Boko adressing a political rally at Mabesekwa in Tonota constituency over the weekend PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
UDC president Duma Boko adressing a political rally at Mabesekwa in Tonota constituency over the weekend PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

MABESEKWA: The president of Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko has pinpointed the ruling party’s poverty eradication initiatives and minimum wage as the root causes of abject poverty amongst Batswana.

Boko said Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) underestimates Batswana’s economic and social welfare by giving them ill-conceived poverty eradication schemes. 

“When they look at your children, they see destitutes who deserve to work for Ipelegeng and earn low wages,” he told UDC’s Tonota-Mabesekwa star rally endorsing parliamentary candidate, Pono Moatlhodi.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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