Khama's cut speech raises eyebrows
Friday, July 02, 2010
Khama read the speech at the full council meeting where he had gone together with his Cabinet to address councillors. Besides Khama, council chairman Motlhopi Leo also read his speech before the full council meeting.
However, Mmegi was shocked to receive a mutilated eight-page Khama speech. The last two pages were partly cut out. On page seven, right at the top, paragraph 17, a sentence referring to the recent walkout by Gaborone City Council (GCC) opposition councillors is there. But the sentence is incomplete, as the other part has been cut out with what looks like a pair of scissors.
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