Lt Col Keoagile is a silverback gorilla of the Intelligence World
Friday, September 12, 2014
Of course I looked better than most because I came from the village of Gabane where we could shop from Gaborone’s three supermarkets at the time. As a result I was not in a bad state like some fellows who had come to see parliament for the first time.
We soon came to learn that this towering and intimidating figure was going to be our platoon commander for the next twelve months of our training as officer cadets. This is Modiri Moffat Keoagile, a gentle giant.
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...