Open Letter To Sir Seretse

Correspondent | Monday October 24, 2016 17:06

 

I have comedy for you, Sir, in case you need a little laugh today, you can start preparing to crack your ribs. It is about one of your sons, one of the twins, the one with the out-going personality, yes, the one you named after Tshekedi Khama. He is a comedy of errors, my king, and your son.

He is the Minister of Tourism, in a cabinet led by your other son, the legendary Ian. But these days Tshekedi is making more headlines like he is the president of the country.

Others and me suspect Ian is scared of Tshekedi. Tshekedi does everything willy-nilly, sometimes it shocks me and my friends.  You know he is the only one man alive today who can go on air or in the newspapers to declare this interest in becoming the next President. You can laugh again, sir,

Tshekedi seems to undermine the current vice president, whom  we know, according to the culture and tradition of the domkrag that you founded, should ascend peacefully to the No.1 position, just like  your Vice President, Quett Masire was allowed to.

I don’t know whether what Tshekedi is doing may indicate that he disrespects his elder brother, the President, or this disrespect is just limited to the vice president. Sir, you should visit him in his dreams and lay down the law.

I personally think it would not sit well with our democracy to have another of your son, coming just after another son of yours, as the President of your country, our beloved country.

But the way I’m reading this Tshekedi guy, he would stop at nothing to realise his presidential dream as soon as possible. But I think he should hold his horses.

I don’t like the way he goes about his businesses in the Ministry that he leads, your son. I didn’t tell you that out of nowhere he has created his own secret service in his ministry, and the secret service is reported to be arming itself to the teeth, if the newspaper reports I’m reading  can be trusted.

He is the only Minister ever to create himself a secret service, whose duty I just don’t get; gatwe ke wildlife intelligence; mxm, as if re ntse re se  na wildlife intelligence. You know he is also into aircrafts supplies, through his  company Seleka Springs; he is often seen organising aircraft related events which were not part of our calendar; now we have race for rhinos, Makgadikgadi what what.

The recent one was held at the Gaborone airport, gatwe e jele P6 million. I also read in the papers that he wants Air Botswana to be transferred to his ministry, ka gore Air Botswana is all about tourism. I think it is one of the silliest things I have ever heard, kana tourists also use roads more than the skies, and maybe he should have first considered taking over the roads and transport services as well. I suspect he just wants to be near the flying machines, so he can advise what planes to buy, using his expertise at Seleka Springs.

He was recently hauled before the Parliamentary committee to account for some dubious transactions. When they called him for the second time, he refused to come. I hear he will be subpoenaed to appear, whatever that means.

His PS is threatening to resign, and his CEO at BTO has already gone News also this week say Tshekedi had been allowing a certain white woman at BTO to continue working there without a permit.

Let me pause here for today. The things we read about Tshekedi in this country, I can write a book, i’m telling you, Sir, boroko.