Khama attacks opposition parties and private media
Sunday, May 26, 2013

During the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) over the weekend, he said opposition parties are only good at insulting people in Parliament with the private media acting as the outlet of the abuses.
He said the opposition is not ashamed of telling Batswana lies and writing untruthful things about him in the private media. He lamented that some Batswana believe the nonsense from the opposition parties and vote for them during elections. "You should respect each other as Batswana and members of opposition parties have lost our culture of botho. You cannot rule a country when you do not have manners.
His take is that Members of Parliament (MPs) should be taking proactive steps to ask relevant Ministers questions outside Parliament and duly get their answers on the spot. That sounds great Mr President.But, considering that legislators serve the people, they will always find it suitable to raise questions in the August House fully knowing that their constituents are watching and listening. As a former MP yourself, Mr President, you know fully...