‘We have a serious leadership vacuum’

UDC aspirant candidate for Bophirima ward, Manki Sekete (middle) was launched yesterday
UDC aspirant candidate for Bophirima ward, Manki Sekete (middle) was launched yesterday

Different speakers took to the podium at the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) launch on Sunday telling attendants that the country has ‘a serious leadership vacuum’.

The speakers said the current leadership is drunk on power to a point that they do not take people seriously.

Speaking at a well-attended rally yesterday evening, one of the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) leaders, Samson Guma Moyo said the country’s leadership has made the economy ‘sink’.

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