President Khama has a new official name
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The savingram that was addressed to all permanent secretaries, Embassies and Heads of Botswana Missions abroad is dated February 8, 2016.
It reads, "With immediate effect and with recent awards and decorations, His Excellency the president's official name and reference will be "His Excellency the President Lieutenant General Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama."
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