Boko back in court
Friday, April 25, 2014
A small group of disgruntled party members had taken their leader to court seeking his removal from office for allegedly having forged his membership card when he was elected party president in 2010 in Mochudi. Boko is also the president of the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change, (UDC).
Last month, Judge Terence Rannowane of the Gaborone High Court postponed the case to today after Boko’s legal team argued that they needed to study the applicants’ documents.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....