Why Khama did not consider other VP frontrunners

Friday, November 14, 2014

When he settled for his Vice President, President Ian Khama did not consider his exuberant brother, his trusted friends let alone some of the most experienced cabinet ministers. Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE finds out why

The loss by former Goodhope-Mabule legislator, Kitso Mokaila, in the general election to his UDC challenger, James Mathokgwane might have complicated President Ian Khama’s succession plan, pundits say.

Those in the know are adamant that Khama’s finger was on Mokaila, a former military senior officer who has performed with aplomb in all the cabinet assignments given by his principal.

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