THUSO TIEGO: I NOW LEAVE EVERYTHING TO GOD
▶ I have sown a seed and it will grow - Tiego
Controversial leader of the Rev Thuso Tiego Ministries, Thuso Tiego is happy with how far he went in his protest march and will now leave everything to God.
Tiego was held at the Broadhurst Police Station in Gaborone recently for holding a protest march without a permit
The politically-minded Tiego’s clash with government resulted from the ultimatum he gave to President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi’s government to have resigned from power within seven days because, according to him, Dr Masisi and the government he leads are corrupt.
“The whole regime must resign in seven days and I am counting,” Tiego said at the time. Asked about his way forward after the police intercepted his march to the Office of the President just over a week ago, he said:
“To begin with, that crusade was by God through me. It was God’s desire to liberate the people of Botswana in the month of September which is the month of independence,” the pastor said. Tiego had all along suffered silently since the church was sidelined in the fight against COVID-19. “Some of us were not happy with the way the Church was being side-lined and humiliated. “Even when bars were opened, the church was restricted to only 50 people and yet we are the ones who bury the dead as well as provide counselling in the event of death. “My original intention was to engage the powers that be on issues pertaining to the spiritual realm but when they refused to give me a platform, I changed and spoke their language which is politics,” the Molepolole-born clergyman said.
“The nation needs to know that despite being denied audience with the President, the project is not dead as I have sown a seed and it will grow. God will decide what will happen next. “We leave the rest to God and we do not know what will happen. If these people repent, we will pray for them,” pledged Tiego who feels that the State should never take people lightly.
“We invest a lot on electing these people but they do not seem to understand the fact that when they become clueless, we should exercise our right to replace them,” noted Tiego who declined to reveal his party affiliation.
“I am a card carrying member of a particular party but as a church leader, I feel it would be divisive to reveal my affiliation to that extent,” he said. However, Tiego revealed that his voting habits are not influenced by party membership.
“The first time I qualified, I voted Margaret Nasha of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) at Gaborone Central.
The next election, I gave my vote to Dumelang Saleshando of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) when he replaced Nasha in Gaborone Central. “I then voted Haskins Nkaigwa of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) in 2014 when he contested and won Gaborone North. “In 2019, my vote went to Mpho Balopi of the BDP and he won,” Tiego reminisced. He added that he is always guided by the spirit on whom he should vote for.
“This is why my choice always wins,” he noted, adding that what matters to him the most when he votes, is not the party but the candidate. Tiego is undecided on where his vote goes to in 2024.