Gaborone retains chairmanship
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Kgosi Puso Gaborone PIC: BWPARLIAMENT
Gaborone said this after retaining his position as chairperson of the House.
Gaborone who has been the chairperson since January 2009 garnered 16 votes, while Kgosi Malope II got 16 and Kgosi Kgari got six. Kgosi Tshipe Tshipe was voted as the deputy with 18 votes against Kgosi Moeti Monyamane who got 13 votes and three votes were spoilt.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...