Khama, Boko: What these nemeses forgot to say

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The Leader of Opposition Duma Boko is a very good public speaker and has managed to do that both in court as a defence lawyer for many years, and in political rallies recently. However, he is even more gifted in the conduct of the Queen’s language and he unleashes it every time he feels cornered or when all the attention is on him, writes BAME PIET

When he took the podium in Parliament chamber last Wednesday, his body language made it easy to predict what he was going to say about his arch-rival, President Ian Khama. Khama’s demeanour during the presentation of this year’s SONA was that of a very troubled man, less energetic, and seemingly wishing he could finish reading those 20 pages. His voice lacked charisma and his right eye did look like somebody who had been attacked by a leopard in recent days.

Despite his disdain for Khama, the good thing is that Boko still respects him as President and referred to him as such in his response to the SONA.

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