Kgosi: ‘Mechanic’ turned feared spy chief :: Mmegi Online

The sound of the name ‘Isaac Kgosi’ is said to have brought shivers down the spines of many including Cabinet ministers. Before the late spy chief’s power grew exponentially following the formation of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) in 2008, he was just a ‘mechanic’. Mmegi staffer SPIRA TLHANKANE looks back at Kgosi’s journey from the military to becoming the most feared man and eventually state enemy number one

Kgosi joined the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) at a young age and rose to the ranks of Colonel. Except that Kgosi served as Khama’s first private senior secretary for 10 years when the latter was the Vice President of the country from 1998 to 2008, nothing was ever said about him until 2007 when his name popped out in Parliament.

Then Botswana Congress Party (BCP) MP for Gaborone Central, Dumelang Saleshando asked then Cabinet minister, Daniel Kwelagobe, to state Kgosi’s job description and explain why the post of senior private secretary to the Vice President was held by a soldier and not a civilian.

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