Polson Majaga

Polson Majaga is a motswana politician and a member of Botswana Democratic Party. He is a member of parliament for Nata-Gweta. Quotes "There is currently limited outreach as without timely funding, candidates may struggle to reach all constituents, particularly in large or remote constituencies, reducing voter engagement and awareness," Contesting for elections is expensive - Majaga The Guardian(3 July 2004) “They plot tactics to discredit me before the electorates, but they should try harder because what they have is insubstantial,” “These cases are politically motivated and it’s unfortunate that it is the people within my party pushing them.  They tarnish my name telling the constituents that they should not vote for a thief like me,” “They won’t just let go of me,” “Two weeks before the 2014 general elections, the case resurfaced and I learnt from my informants that the plan was to have me locked up in jail during the elections so that by the time I come back, I would have found people having voted,” “They do not want me because the say am uncontrollable.” “ The case has resurfaced yet again and its reason this time around is that we are moving towards the primaries and electing structures and they do not want me  because they  cannot influence me,” “ I take decisions I see beneficial  for my  constituency as  I promised to serve them when they voted for me.   I do not take decisions because I want to be somebody’s puppet,” “I come from a family of many cows. My father gave me my first cows when I was five years old, so I cannot be accused of stock theft when I have hundreds of them. They could have accused me of something else but not stock theft.  I would be a disgrace to the Majaga family if I was to steal a cow or cows,” Majaga accuses some BDP leaders of de-campaigning him The Gazette (9March 2017) “There is nothing I can discuss with you, we already have a matter here concerning journalists who are destroying my marriage, who went to the police, to Chiefs, who went to my grandmother- the mother of my mother- in the company of my wife defaming me. These are issues we have already taken to CID. That is all I can say, thank you.” BDP’s Polson Majaga in child marriage suspicion? The Gazette (26 May 2016) “I have nothing against Mlalazi….I had to ask questions because I am everyone’s representative in this constituency. I once called him to my office and asked him about this monopoly which raises eyebrows or may come from corrupt activities,” “all the tenders at the Sowa Town Council.” Majaga calls out Dukwi businessman for tenders “corruption”The Gazette(24 August 2017) “This is a political witch-hunt by my political rivals who want to dent my political career,” “If you demolish the unwanted parts of a house because you want to extend it, is that a problem?” “Gobotswang and his NGOs should know better that consideration of the same must be observed to allow proceedings of the court to unfold as they should instead of hijacking parliamentary process to define and injure my reputation to score cheap political points through devious means,” Police Investigate Majaga For Threat To Kill The Botswana Gazette (10July 2024)