Khama, Boko: What these nemeses forgot to say
Friday, December 16, 2016
Khama
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.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...