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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Nkaku Kabi says former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane flew into a rage after he rejected an offer to join the coalition government earlier this month.Kabi made the disclosure during a rally in Koro-Koro on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He said Thabane\u2019s fear was that his refusal to join the government would impede the growth of the party.<\/p>\n

He said when he rejected his instruction to join the government, Thabane began to use coarse language. He said Thabane asked him if he would use a private part to grow the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said it in Sesotho but I prefer to just say private part in English,\u201d Kabi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could see that he was now talking tough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kabi said he had visited Thabane at his home in Makhoakhoeng over lunch when the former prime minister began asking him the embarrassing questions.<\/p>\n

Kabi said he will grow the party in a similar way Thabane did when he founded it in 2006 when he was in the opposition until 2012 when the ABC took over power.<\/p>\n

The ABC leader insisted that one does not need to be in government to grow a political party\u2019s base. He said Thabane himself spent six years in opposition but still managed to grow the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we will take the same road he walked, start afresh and we will get there eventually,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the main objective behind the formation of the ABC was to end poverty and hunger.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou and those who took their votes from us are witnesses that within one year when we were in government, you saw how difficult it is (to fulfil promises).\u201d<\/p>\n

Kabi was referring to the difficulties of being in a coalition government where each party drives its own agenda.<\/p>\n

He said artistes who sing at the party\u2019s rallies are instrumental in growing the party through music and concerts, urging members to support them.<\/p>\n

He said most of these artistes are unemployed, saying they are dependent on the members to buy their music as well as attending concerts in numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince not everyone will make it to the concerts I suggested that you have M-Pesa or Ecocash accounts so that those who will not show up but want to contribute can deposit money there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Through this, he said, the party can still draw a sizeable number of followers while at the same time helping the artistes remain afloat.<\/p>\n

He said Thabane advised him to work hard to seek \u201csponsors that will help me build the party and after doing so I should not forget where I came from\u201d.<\/p>\n

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