‘Come back home,’ Masisi to Khama
President Mokgweetsi Masisi is gravely worried about his predecessor Ian Khama finding a new home in the opposition block. Khama ditched Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) early this year indicating that the party has lost focus and was no longer welcoming. He left the BDP following his protracted standoff with Masisi after the latter assumed state presidency. Masisi told a BDP gathering this past Saturday in Goodhope when launching Parliamentary candidate for the constituency Eric Molale and his councillors that he feels sorry for Khama. According to Masisi, the opposition especially Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), is abusing and using the former president for their gain in the coming general elections. Khama, who is founding Patron of Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has revealed that his party will work with the UDC to ensure that the BDP loses the election. Khama has explained that they have no problems with some of the BDP candidates that they are targeting, but rather their leader.While some BDP members now feel that Khama is better-placed with the opposition rank given his unwavering attacks on the ruling party, Masisi wants him back ‘home.’ “It is heartbreaking to see how the opposition is treating him. Those people do not love him. If there are people who love him, it is us at the BDP. “They are abusing him. You have to pray for him to come back home where he belongs. Churches and diviners have to do something about the situation so that he would see the light and return home,” said Masisi. The president feared that the opposition is using Khama for political mileage and would dump him after the general elections. He called on Batswana to give his party another chance at the polls so that he could execute his mandate of uplifting the lives of Batswana. According to Masisi only the BDP has the interests of the country and its citizens at heart.