The outcome of the 2024 General elections signified a turning point in Botswana post-colonial history, in that it was for the first time that the BDP which had ruled the country for close to six decades was removed from power. For the Umbrella Democratic Change, it was a watershed moment. Having succeeded in convincing the majority (I am using majority in the context of our first past the post electoral system) of the voters of the correctness of its program, now the UDC was faced with the task of restructuring the state and reorganizing the economy to lay a solid material basis for delivering on its election promises. By its very nature, navigating the task of governance is an extraordinarily involved and complex undertaking and even the most competent and well-meaning Government is bound to on occasion flounder in the process. The UDC Government is no exception in this regard. However the narrative peddled by its detractors that the UDC’s record in power has been an unbroken reed of unmitigated blunders and failure is fundamentally false and need resolute rebuttal.
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