‘We have a serious leadership vacuum’
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’.
“Currently, prices are high and an ordinary person of Bophirima ward cannot afford to buy cooking oil, gas or even bread. These are the things that residents must use to reject the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) on April 9,” Moyo said.
“The BDP leadership is very corrupt and abusive. Heelang bolelelang Tautona Mokgweetsi Masisi gore Botswana yo, ke warona! Ke buile ga ke ye gope gape, gape ga kena sepe kana ke isiwa toronkong kana jang. We are not going to be controlled by fear. The problem is not thevBDP but the President.”
The speakers said the current leadership is drunk on power to a point that they do not take people seriously
He said one of the things that people must remember in life is that ‘we’ are all going to die one day, but how one is going to depart is not important.
Another speaker Motlatsi Molapise, who is also the chairperson of UDC, said Batswana should not be shaken by what is currently happening in the opposition parties. He said it should not worry Batswana since it usually happens in politics.
“Bagaetsho politiki gase dinyana, e tshwana le nyalo. Go a lowa, mme ga go a tshwanelwa go ngalwa. After this by-election, we will sit down and talk to know what the problem is. Our aim now is to change the lives of the Bophirima ward. This is one of the wards that have been highly neglected by the ruling party and our candidate has been there to help the residents,” Molapisi said.
Another speaker, Motsamai Motsamai said Bophirima ward needs a hardworking person like Mankie Sekete who can advocate for them without looking back. He said Mankie has been there for residents of the ward even when she was a specially elected councillor in the 2014 general election till today.
For her part, Sekete said if sent to represent them at council she will advocate internal roads to be paved and the issue of the unemployment rate to be addressed.
“Our internal roads are so bad and there are no street lights in the area. Youth in this area need employment. Many things need to be done in this area,” Sekete said.