Boko responds to 'BNF in messy state' article

Duma Boko
Duma Boko

It is not only customary but also somewhat fashionable to have a media frenzy fuelled by the most malicious and unfounded allegations regarding any political party’s primary elections.

It is even more so in the case of the Botswana National Front (BNF) which attracts the most attention and media speculation. It is important to set out the facts very briefly lest the nonsense being bandied about acquires a semblance of respectability.

In the lead up to the BNF primaries, the party became inundated with membership application forms submitted from the various constituencies by aspiring candidates. These application forms it was discovered:

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