Khama�s best speech

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As President Ian Khama sets in motion a journey to vacate office next year April 1 and hands over the baton of power to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE and Correspondent SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNESS look at part one of Khama’s men and women in Cabinet and how the President exercicsed his prerogative in appointing his team

April 1, 2008 President Ian Khama’s inaugural address had the hallmark of a great speech. In fact, it can arguably be rated as the best speech of his life. 

If the intention of Khama’s speech writer(s) was to inspire the faithful and ease the worries of the doubters then that objective was met. It was clear that there would be business as usual. Here is the excerpt that captures it all, “…To this end, I shall start by laying out to the Cabinet and the entire senior management of government in a meeting later this week and with local authorities next week, my expectations of them with respect to making good on the pledges we have made to Batswana. As part of a team charged with delivering services and development to the nation, I hope they are all up to the task because those unable to deliver cannot be kept on the team.”

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