By God, he does speak!

Friday, January 25, 2008

At long last somebody got Vice-President Ian Khama talking. While we can neither vouch for the veracity of the mid-week newspaper's speculative stories and the VP's subsequent denials, we nevertheless are gratified that the president-in-waiting has finally commented publicly on some aspects of his preordained administration.

In a purported interview with the state newspaper, Khama reportedly denied The Botswana Gazette speculation that he is to replace the permanent secretary to the president (PSP) with an army officer.

"As far as I am concerned, the PSP will continue to be PSP. I have confidence in him and I will be happy to continue with him," Khama is reported as saying. Through that report we also learnt that Khama would consider cabinet appointments during the last week of March.

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