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Beginning in 2012 when the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) was formed to date, Duma Boko has always faced little known threat to his presidency. However,
Gaborone (Botswana) 03 August 2022 (SPS)- The Secretary General of Botswana People’s Party (BPP), Mrs Nono Kgafela-Mokoka, reaffirmed her party’s firm stand in solidarity with the legitimate right of the people of Western Sahara to freedom and independence, during her visit Today to the Saharawi Embassy in Gaborone.
Alliance for Progressives (AP) has expressed misgivings about joining the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) under the leadership of Duma Boko, instead preferring to work with Dumelang Saleshando’s Botswana Congress Party (BCP).
UDC parties discuss by-elections
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Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) constituent members are struggling to reach an agreement over the allocation of wards for the imminent ward by-elections across the country.
Despite a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Alliance for Progressives (AP) are said to be active, but the nitty-gritties are far from being settled.
The eight bye-elections will be a precursor of a somewhat delayed finalisation of the brittle MoU. The three parties want to draw a plan on how and who will contest in each of the available wards.