Security lapse as Khama's plane proves too big for airstrip

*President returns to Gaborone prematurely
*Khama fails to open the new 257km Trans-Kalahari highway

It would seem President Ian Khama's security boys did a shoddy job yesterday after his plane failed to land at a small airstrip at Gakhibana, about 80km from Bokspits.

The plane could not land because it was too big for the airstrip, forcing the presidential party to return to Gaborone without achieving its mission of opening the new 257km Trans-Kalahari highway.

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