The President�s shoes

Khama
Khama

How often do you look at a person and eventually end up looking at their shoes, especially if that person is the President? Well I have never paid attention to His Excellency’s shoes until recently when I lost concentration and happened to look under the table from where he was sitting at an event.

There they were.  President Ian Khama’s black formal shoes with laces.  They looked too simple for me to be able to place them under any particular price tag.  Not the usual over the top type of shoes you see the pompous Gaborone so-called money-makers wearing.

He was wearing simple shoes that matched his black suit.

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