Boko sires baby Moono
Monday, June 08, 2015
Boko and her wife
Baby Moono, named after the popular UDC slogan, was born just as the multitudes of supporters and members of Boko’s party, the Botswana National Front (BNF), were gathered in Thamaga to kick-start the 50th anniversary celebrations.
When the ceremony director Benjamin Kelepang told the multitudes who thronged the event, that Boko would not make it to Thamaga as the couple had just been blessed with baby Moono, there was an all-round cheers and ululations.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...