Who is in charge with Cabinet on holiday?
Thursday, January 14, 2010
This is the question on many people's lips as cabinet remains in recess. During the last weeks of the year and the first month of the following year, usually, members of the executive, from the President to the assistant ministers go on holiday and this year is no different. Information reaching Mmegi indicates that at the most President Ian Khama, Vice President Mompati Merafhe and the cabinet ministers have light schedules with official duties kept to a minimum.
When Mmegi called President Khama's office yesterday the President's spokesperson Sipho Qedindaba Madisa indicated that Khama is currently on leave. Cabinet has suspended holding its weekly Wednesday meetings until they resume later in the month. So who is in charge of government at this stage?
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...