Last month, Boko made some remarks that MPs were showboating instead of passing laws. This week, during a Kgotla meeting in Kgagodi, Boko emphasised that legislators should take charge rather than wait to ask a question in the House. “In Parliament, you would see an MP standing up to ask a minister if he is aware that a window is broken somewhere. Why are you asking? You want that broken window to be fixed, but can it be fixed when you rush to ask the question in Gaborone after two months instead of approaching the relevant parties to fix that window?” Boko questioned.
Boko said he understands questioning because people who ask questions already know the answers to their questions. “People who ask questions do not do so because they are naive; they mostly have ideas and suggestions. They mostly have what they believe should be solutions to whatever they are asking about,” Boko emphasised. He said people should learn to take responsibility and also contribute ideas that can address challenges. He said this applied to everyone who asked him questions, including residents of Kgaodi who took turns asking questions. Last month, during a High-Level Business Engagement Forum in Gaborone, Boko criticised legislators for not focusing on making laws that make doing business easier. “You see a lot of showboating taking place on the floor of Parliament, a lot of grandstanding, a lot of intellectual vacuity, people not doing what they’re supposed to do. They are asking questions, moving motions - what motions, what questions? Your job is to make laws; when you make laws, you bind the Executive,” Boko remarked then.
