The View Of The Ignorant And Cynical

As President Ian Khama was delivering his State of the Nation Address in Parliament last Friday, there were a number of people who did not care about such an important event.

Others did not even know that Khama was speaking to the nation and setting the stage for the10th Parliament to start business. Staff Writer, Frederick Kebadiretse reports the views of the 'ignorant' or 'I do not care group

Moses Ramo does not have a clue what the State of the Nation Address is. The 34-year-old from Mmankgodi said life has moved from bad to worse in recent years. When I approached him at Maruapula shopping complex on Friday, the first thing did was ask me for P5 to buy food. He said he came to Gaborone in the morning to check his brother only to find he is out of town. Ramo said he overheard something like 'the President is about to arrive in Parliament' on the radio earlier on, but he did not have an idea what was going on.

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