President Duma Boko defends government's performance, cites inherited economic decline
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President Duma Boko has defended his government's performance, stating that the Umbrella for Democratic Change UDC inherited a nation in economic and institutional decline. Speaking at the Botswana National Front BNF's 60th national conference in Jwaneng, Boko described the inherited state as "a broken country, a collapsing economy and a nation bereft of hope." He asserted that his administration aims to heal and restore the nation. As his government faces increasing pressure, the President reassured party members that current hardships are temporary and part of a necessary rebuilding process. Boko acknowledged significant economic challenges, including over a decade of declining diamond revenues, shrinking export earnings, and growing pressure on the national fiscus.
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