The guitarist in Cabinet
Friday, May 24, 2013
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To many people he is a popular politician - a Cabinet minister and a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MP for Gaborone North who won a constituency regarded as a Botswana National Front (BNF) stronghold.
Of recent, he has graced the national stage for a skill that few knew about him - guitar playing. Those who have seen him play attest to his great musical skills.Ironically, the very first time he saw a guitar as a child he was very terrified, he tells Mmegi in his office at Government Enclave. He must have been four or five years old. Seeing men playing the acoustic guitar at Semitwe lands/cattlepost near Sebina, he would think that they could throw him inside the instrument.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...