Khama Not The Problem, We Are� :: Mmegi Online

President Ian Khama may not be the best leader of all times but I am of the belief that he is NOT the problem, he never was…. WE ARE! Yes we, the citizens of Botswana are, have always been and still remain the problem! We treat everything as if it’s a football game.... we follow out of excitement at all times.... When Ian was a Vice President under President Mogae, my God, you could have taken a national pool and I guarantee you he would have got an almost near perfect endorsement from the general public!

Yet people didn’t know who he was “politically speaking”… so excited that we didn’t even care to know how this man, who had just been coerced to resign his commandership of the army and placed “unelected” one heart beat away from the number one citizenry status of the land -over night. YES, Unelected in a “ country “ that is regarded a shining beacon of hope in African democracy, our beloved “ Botswana” ...Never had a chance to find out who he was, politically…. Given the ministerial position of all ministries “Presidential Affairs”, heck, why not even create a new post, A Super Ministerial position... an unelected former commander of the army elevated to be a super minister in control of all democratically elected parliamentarians overnight!

The country was so excited because the sheriff had reported to ordained duty and destiny. Finally there was a man of action in the office. A man we had heard so little of other than being the commander of the army.

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