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"The BNF belongs to its members, and they must be active participants in ensuring its financial stability. As Treasurer, I will collaborate with regional and constituency Treasurers to come up with innovative ways to raise funds for the movement. Our financial strength will determine our ability to contest and win elections."

"e must prepare now for 2029. That means securing funding for all the constituencies and wards where we did not win in 2024. We must build strong campaign structures and provide the necessary resources for our candidates to succeed. This is not just about contesting elections; it is about winning them."

"The BNF has a legacy of resilience. We have faced challenges, but we have always emerged stronger. Our members have stood by this party because they believe in its mission."

"I am ready to take on the responsibility of ensuring that our financial systems are robust enough to support the party’s growth and its ultimate goal of consolidating state power."

"Many of the giants of old are not with us and we of a later day, standing on an eminence of their creation, may often decry their enduring legacy. How can we forget them or the great work they did in laying the foundations of progressive politics in Molepolole?"

"And none of us can ever forget that glorious band of men and women who, without tacking the consequences, have laid down their young lives or spent their bright youth in suffering and torment in utter protest against the successive BDP regimes and equally built and sustained progressive politics in Molepolole North Constituency,” the former Councillor for Borakalalo Ward in the same constituency."

"We are a nation and a community on the brink of despair and hopelessness. No one can say what the future will bring, but we may assert with confidence that UDC will bring about transformation and restore your confidence in the State and the tenets of democracy and rule of law."

"As a community leader, especially during my stint as a Councillor and bona-fide resident of Molepolole North, I have been involved in various community projects and initiatives that have been transformational in nature."

"In order to diversify the economy and create sustainable jobs, government must strive to make agriculture more productive and appealing to the youth."

"Some of the initiatives include: Support to primary schools through rewards/incentives to excelling students, donation of school uniform, ICT equipment and learning aids to create a conducive learning environment and improve school results; internal road infrastructure to ease movement of people in Molepolole North; and setting up of Fire Services to ensure safety to property and creation of jobs."

"For those who follow South African politics, they will be aware that the FearFokol slogan is being used as a political campaign slogan by politicians such as Minister Fikile Mbalula and Julius Malema of the EFF. Such politicians have used the FearFokol slogan to brand themselves for their militant, radical and robust approach to politics."

"Members of the BNF, UDC and the nation at large are advised that the FearFokol brand is my personal brand. FearFokol is not a faction. It has never been a faction and will never be one. I remain Mr FearFokol in order to disarm the detractors of the BNF and the UDC, an undertaking is hereby made to cease and desist, forthwith, from using the FearFokol slogan."

"We must work on doing more with less, stop praising challenges, and move forward,” he remarked. He highlighted the need for Botswana to reduce its dependence on diamond revenue, advocating for the development of tourism, manufacturing, and creative industries."

"We cannot move forward without prudent financial management."

"The community is increasingly concerned about the rising crime rates, highlighting the urgent need for a well-resourced police station."

"Water scarcity has been discussed for long with ground breakings for water infrastructure projects, yet little has been done. This calls for a forensic audit to investigate the water tenders."

"This is a serious issue that speaks to the neglect and marginalisation of our community."

"My dream to become an MP started in 2003, that is 21 years ago. It has been my desire to see myself representing Bakwena in Parliament but it wasn't only a desire."

"I'm interested to see Molepolole transform development-wise. I want to see youth getting employed, see the health sector improve and most importantly end shortage of water in the village amongst other things."

"This was my fifth time trying, and at last I got it."

"If I realised at some point that the challenges they faced were answered, maybe I would have just sat back because it would have indicated that the area had an able leader, but until then I knew I had to keep pushing and that is one thing that inspired me the most."

"I have a good legacy among Bakwena, one of them being spearheading the establishment of Mafenyatlala Mall as well as two filling stations, so both I and Bakwena felt that the chapter would not be closed until I represented them at parliament to advocate for their betterment."

"Actually, my family was against me standing for this election as they felt that enough was enough, but I had to plead and convince them to allow me one last chance."

"If it was just by me, I would tell you that I will not seek re-election. I do not want to overstay, but these are my wishes and they may be outweighed by those of my constituents."

"All these years Batswana have been reluctant on regime change all because of just a fear for the unknown, and now that they found the strength to change, it is upon us as the UDC to instill trust in them that the act was not suicidal."

"Mmatli is ruining our chances of winning."

"Mmatli is just being a joke."

"I will face him as Mokoko."

"The rest are empty, with no beds or equipment. There’s a severe shortage of staff and specialists, forcing patients to travel to Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone at great expense."

"Every year, they told us the problem would be fixed by year-end, but nothing changed."

"Residents are forced to buy water from bowsers or collect it from leaking pipes."

"He rarely addressed ward meetings, preferring to announce government projects at the main kgotla. He even claimed he was an MP for the whole country, not just Bakwena."

"He misrepresented Bakwena by claiming every household had a portrait of Masisi. I’ve never seen one in my sisters’ homes."

"Morwaeng was invisible during this tragedy. He skipped the memorial service in Molepolole to attend one in Gaborone, further hurting the bereaved families."

"If Bakwena vote me out in 2029, I’d accept it – but not if they bring back Morwaeng."

"I was surprised that when a party chairman summons a member, he does not take his orders."

"I can't resign when I have made so many strides in the constituency. I can't dump so many BDP members who have voted for me. I want to dispel the notion that I was challenging the party chairman. I was contesting to enhance democracy. Democracy encourages competition."

"It is worrisome that no project under the Transition National Development Plan is carried out in the Thamaga/Kumakwane constituency."

"One of the very misunderstood concepts is the concept of what has been labelled as suicide bombing. It is a martyrdom operation... known in Islam. Now, there are multiple contradictions; there are multiple arguments that have been brought against it.... Don't fear death."

"There are multiple arguments and contradictions that have been brought against it (suicide bombing). Martyrdom operation is when a person presumes that he is going for sure die at a particular place at a particular time, he goes against the presumption that a particular person is going to die. He is going to die in a particular situation."

"I call on all of us individually and collectively to support women and girls particularly those who want to pursue politics as their career, use International Women's Day as an opportunity to invest in women, celebrate their achievements and accelerate progress towards a more just and equal world."

"It offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made on the call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities."

"We meet here not out of routine."

"We gather because the impact of climate change is neither abstract nor remote. It is immediate, it is devastating, and it is disproportionately borne by the most vulnerable among us, our children."

"Let me be abundantly clear: climate change is a children’s rights crisis."

"Protocols are only as powerful as the political will behind them."

"Let us enshrine in our laws the right of every child to grow up in a healthy, safe, and sustainable environment."

"Let us ensure that the voices of children – often spoken about but rarely spoken with – are central to decision-making processes on climate policy."

"Legislation is where intention becomes obligation."

"Let this be the moment where the SADC region boldly declares, ‘Our climate agenda will not ignore our children."