Khama Would Add No Value To MPs' Questions - Rammidi

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Former American President Harry Truman must have turned in his grave.on Thursday evening when members of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and opposition parties locked horns over whether President Ian Khama should sit in the House during debates.

BDP members, especially cabinet ministers, came out firing on all cylinders to shoot down the idea of President Khama sitting through parliamentary debates, after the member for Francistown South, Wynter Mmolotsi of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), had spent a considerable length of time motivating the House for the presence of Khama for parliamentary business.

Truman had a sign inscribed 'The Buck Stops Here' on his White House desk during his presidency (1945 to 1953) to indicate that rather than 'pass buck the buck' to someone else, he accepted full responsibility for the way the country was governed. 

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