Military Intelligence � An arm of the ruling party :: Mmegi Online

In the last two installments I have gone through the history of Botswana Defence Force’s Military Intelligence and the position we are now at has helped the reader to understand why a professional military such as the BDF has failed to groom a professional military intelligence.

The question is, if there are so many gaps in the way MI functions as a critical subset of our military, what has been occupying our MI and what steps are necessary to offset this imbalance. I must say right at the beginning that BDF is by far a professional military institution by African standards and that of the rest of the developed world.

This level of professionalism came to light during our debut peacekeeping mission in Somalia and subsequent others in places like Rwanda and Mozambique. BDF’s enviable professionalism emanates from our long standing cooperation with the American government on military matters through the IMET (International Military Exchange and Training). Furthermore, BDF has always excelled at international military competitions.

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