Khama�s Prayer - a Moment of Spontaneity
Monday, October 03, 2016
Interestingly, the prayer part by the President is missing in all the messages that were read out at the kgotlas on his behalf. Even the official message distributed by the Office of the President soon after the delivery of the speech, does not have the prayer part.
Government spokesperson, Dr Jeff Ramsay says the prayer does not appear in the distributed speeches because the President decided to include it on his own. Dr Ramsay was confirming that the prayer part was entirely the President’s own and input. President Khama may not be famous for writing his own speeches, but the manner in which he delivered his prayer for the nation appeared to endear him to many Batswana who felt that the prayer felt genuine and coming from the heart. Many took to the social media raving about their President, with some even claiming that he may have been the first Botswana President to do so.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...