Khama brands critics lost souls

“For as long as I am in office, I will continue to do it this way, because that is the meaning of democracy. We will be a government elected by the people, to work for the people, because we too are a government of the people,” he said.  

In his acceptance speech immediately after he was overwhelmingly endorsed as the president of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Khama gave raving reviews of his often criticised pet programmes and emphasised that he was unapologetic about the initiatives. “I will not apologise for Ipelegeng... a programme that gives temporary relief for people to engage in work programmes for the benefit of their communities, while earning an allowance to feed themselves and their families and in so doing also support local economies, that is the Ipelegeng programme that targets 60,000 people a month,” he said.