Empower Dikgosi to impact change

Friday, June 26, 2015

The recent departure of deputy chairperson of Ntlo ya Dikgosi, Kgosi Lotlamoreng II, from the House to join politics is a serious indictment on our political system.

Before him, it was Kgosi Tawana Moremi who left the House to join the ruling party Botswana Democratic Party before joining rival Botswana Movement for Democracy.

A few years earlier, Kgosi Kgafela II refused to go to Ntlo ya Dikgosi on grounds that it would be a waste of his time since the House did not have any powers to legislate, or even hold the government accountable.

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Empower Dikgosi to impact change

The recent departure of deputy chairperson of Ntlo ya Dikgosi, Kgosi Lotlamoreng II, from the House to join politics is a serious indictment on our political system.