Former president Ian Khama is the main reason why the UDC lost the 2019 general elections to Mokgweetsi Masisi and his Botswana Democratic Party.
At that time people had longed for Khama to exit the national stage.
They were fed up with him. And could not wait to see his back. He had been president for ten years and before that vice president for another ten years.
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