Government honours Sir Ketumile Masire

The state of the art facility located at the University of Botswana in Gaborone has been renamed the Sir Ketumile Masire University Hospital.

This is in recognition of Sir Ketumile’s immense and immeasurable contribution to Botswana’s development as the Head of State from 1980 to 1998 and in full recognition of his role as the University of Botswana Chancellor from 1980 to 1998. He was reappointed Chancellor from 2008 until his passing on in June 2017.