What's this Khama's recurring talk of "becoming BDF Commander"?

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Khama on a quadbike PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

FRANCISTOWN: No one really knows what President Ian Khama plans to do post his presidency at the end of this month. But the outgoing president keeps talking about "going back to the army".

Probably people in Khama’s inner circle (a very small clique) know what he will do after his term as the President of Botswana comes to an end.

On Saturday, when officially opening the Francistown-Tonota dual carriage way and the Thapama interchange road popularly known as ‘Spaghetti’, Khama repeated the assertion that he is going to be the next commander of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on April 1, 2018.

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