Former Francistown Mayor, Peter Ngoma will contest the upcoming general elections at Tati East constituency under the Alliance for Progressives (AP) ticket. Ngoma who is currently a specially elected councillor in Francistown City Council recently dumped the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) for the purple movement after he lost primary elections at Zwenshambe ward in Tati West constituency. The veteran politician will now face Dr Douglas Letsholathebe of the BDP and coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC)’s Mathodi Modisapodi. In an interview with this publication, Ngoma admitted that he has been confirmed as the AP candidate in Tati East constituency. “After I recently joined the party, I was informed that there was no parliamentary candidate in Tati East and the party leadership informed me that they are willing to appoint me as their parliamentary candidate. I gladly seized the opportunity since I did not have any constituency to contest for,” the elated Ngoma divulged. He revealed that he decided to ditch the ruling party after realizing that the primary elections within the BDP popularly known as Bulela Ditswe are always marred by irregularities and day light cheating to favour certain candidates. Ngoma noted that after he was expelled from Botswana…