As he defeats Siele, Pilane A day after the leader of opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko, suffered humiliation when state organs – the Botswana Revenue Services (BURS) and other security agencies – searched his house at Tlokweng over tax issues, he celebrated victory on a different matter on Friday. His candidature to stand as an MP for Gaborone Bonnington North was questioned over claims that he did not register for elections at his principal residence. However Village Chief Magistrate Goodwill Moakofi saw things differently when he dismissed John Siele, an independent council candidate in Gaborone Bonnington North’s application on Friday. Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) President and private attorney Advocate Sydney Pilane represented Siele. Siele had filed an objection over the principal residential address used by Boko when registering for the General Elections, indicating that the Phase 2 address that Boko has registered with is not where he resides. The discredited former BDP hopeful with his attorney Sydney Pilane submitted that Boko’s principal residential address is plot 576231 located in Masetlheng ward, Tlokweng therefore he has contravened the Electoral Act. Boko, on the other hand, was represented by Dick Bayford, Dutch Leburu and Olehile Mantswe amongst an…