I will return home once I have updated my Will – Khama

Ian Khama.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Ian Khama.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Former president Ian Khama says though his intention is to return home sooner than later, it won’t happen until he feels the time is right and has updated his Will. Khama, who has been in self-imposed exile since last year November, says he will not return as long as his life is still in danger from President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s 'criminal syndicate of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS)'.

“You are correct that I have said reports about my immediate return are false. I once again wish to reiterate that it is my intention to return sooner rather than later but when I feel that time has come I will announce it and once I have updated my Will,” he said. This publication caught up with Khama this week following his two time victory at the Court of Appeal. He was against the DIS in cases where the spy unit was appealing being denied access to his State House 4 believed to be a hub for illegal firearms and ammunition. The bench threw out the DIS appeals out of court despite Khama’s attorneys having walked out during the cases citing judicial interference. Quizzed about the outcome of the appeals, Khama explained that despite the judgement being in his favour, Masisi’s criminal syndicate also known as the DIS, were let loose on his residence in revenge and in retaliation to that judgement. “The DIS went to my residence despite being told they have no right to be there. My attorneys are confronting the illegality of whoever was there,” he said. Khama pointed out that the constant harassment from State organs especially the DIS was an action designed to try and further discredit and humiliate him but said it will fail as of previous attempts because the citizens of the country and others abroad including governments, international organisations, media, civil society and individuals who he has successfully engaged with regularly, know the truth.

He emphasised that the constant unlawful conduct on behalf of the DIS masters as instructed by them was evidence of their intentions to eliminate him as they feel he is a threat to their re-elections. “That is a fact. They realise I am such a threat to their re-election chances, even on my own, that the law enforcement agencies have to be massed to take me on. What cowards!” he noted.

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