Blackbeard's 13 year tenure in UK raises eyebrows :: Mmegi Online

Botswana's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Roy Blackbeard, has held the post for 13 years now, raising questions as to why he has been accorded such special treatment when the norm is to deploy ambassadors to other missions after a period not exceeding five years.

In the Wednesday parliamentary session, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lobatse Nehemiah Modubule set the ball rolling when he asked why Blackbeard was deployed to the UK in the first place and why he has never been transferred elsewhere like other ambassadors.

In response Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Phandu Skelemani, said that Blackbeard has been representing Botswana since the July 12, 1998 adding that they had not found it necessary to move Blackbeard. Skelemani further explained that appointments and deployments are the prerogative of the sitting president.

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Blackbeard's 13 year tenure in UK raises eyebrows

Botswana's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Roy Blackbeard, has held the post for 13 years now, raising questions as to why he has been accorded such special treatment when the norm is to deploy ambassadors to other missions after a period not exceeding five years.

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