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Under fire: Khama
Under fire: Khama

The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Tshekedi Khama has become synonymous with being blamed for micro-managing the tourism industry.

Just late last year, the  Minister was hauled over the coals for taking unilateral decisions and meddling in the Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) matters.

In the latest salvo aimed at him, Khama has been accused of not consulting Parliament and the community when adopting a position at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) regarding the up-listing of Botswana elephants from Appendix II to Appendix I.

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