Whither Botswana

In his contribution to the debate on the motion, Merafhe insisted that the credit for the proposed legislation should not go to an opposition MP. This appeared far more important to Merafhe than the substance of Saleshando's motion. He then made it very clear that the government would eventually introduce its own draft legislation - on its "own terms".

Unfortunately for Merafhe, his intervention came when the horse had already bolted from the stable. The limelight was already on Saleshando for resurrecting the spirit of the original declaration of assets Bill since no government minister had ever dared to do.