Who Betrayed Sir Ketumile?

In 1991 Vice President Peter Mmusi recommended a commission of inquiry on Land Boards. The findings formed a recipe for a crisis putting the BDP in perilous times.

The Kgabo Commission found Mmusi erred morally in upholding Secretary General Daniel Kwelagobe’s appeal for a piece of land in Nkoyaphiri. Both were not guilty of stealing any land.

On March 7, 1992, Kwelagobe appended his ministerial response to the budget speech with a resignation from Cabinet. Mmusi followed. Trouble had come, a solution to the dynamic much needed. On March 9, 1992 Festus Mogae was installed as Vice President (VP).

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