The parties that broke away from the BNF include Botswana Workers Front (BWF), Social Democratic Party (SDP), New Democratic Front (NDF), PUSO and Botswana Congress Party (BCP), among others. Each of these splits robbed the BNF of mature and experienced leaders, progressively bankrupting the party of capable leadership.The result was that after the departure of Kenneth Koma, the party was left with no option but to scavenge for a leader who could at least match the icon.
There was none. Moupo the lawyer was tried and was found wanting. The man was a good Marxist but his leadership qualities were zero. To his credit, he was honest and he remained humble until the end.Duma Boko was fished from the woods and he was catapulted to the presidency of the party. The man had never held a position of leadership in the party but was rumoured only to have served in the executive of the NDF, which he vociferously refuted. Without the NDF, the man could only boast of the SRC leadership that he abandoned. BNF under the leadership of Boko is now chasing away any remnants of competent leadership.
