Has Tshekedi Khama lost interest in Parliament?

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The MP for Serowe North West, Tshekedi Khama does not seem to have any interest in parliamentary proceedings. Since his election last year, he has not asked a single question or moved a motion neither did he respond to the President's State of the Nation Address.

Maybe he finds parliamentary debates boring or not up to standard. He does not attend parliamentary sessions regularly. He has not said much about his constituency since he came to Parliament.  Besides being an MP, Khama is a prominent businessman who owns a number of businesses with his twin brother Anthony.

One Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MP, said when they miss parliamentary sessions, they are taken to task by the party leadership but he does not know if  Khama is ever reprimanded.   

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