Mmegi

A requiem for MK

Dingake FILE: PIC
Dingake FILE: PIC

It was such a great honour for me to serve in Parliament and in the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) with a great political figure such as comrade Michael Kitso Dingake or ‘MK’ as he was affectionately called.

‘MK’ was such a principled political giant who was extremely down to earth and humble. He was well read and scholarly especially in the area of politics.

He was also a true revolutionary and patriotic of our beloved Republic of Botswana. In 1995, Dingake, and legislators Thebe David Mogami, Modibedi Robi (late) and I were privileged to go on a three-week study tour to learn about the American democratic system, under the sponsorship of the USAID. Our tour took us to Washington DC, Harrisberg, Pennsylvania, North Carolina Raleigh, Sacramento and San Francisco in California.

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