One tends to think that Khama retained those he has retained and dropped those he has dropped basing on their merits and demerits. I want to believe that Khama looked at the performance of the ministers at their current ministries and based his selection criterion on that performance on whether to retain, move or drop them. If indeed this is the case, then Khama has missed it when he redeployed Lesego Motsumi to the Ministry of Health.
To start with Motsumi's former Ministry of Works and Transport has performed poorly since she became its minister. There are a number of cases that one can point out to prove this underperformance. Take the for example road between Nata and Kasane, which is an important connection to the all important tourist destination of Chobe. This road is almost non- existent. People's vehicles continuously breakdown on this road because of the deplorable condition it is in. The road has been in this bad state for a longtime while minister Motsumi could only watch and feel sorry. This has affected the tourism business in the Chobe area as some tourists are hesitant to take a second chance of driving on this road again. Indeed, if Khama has taken such issues into consideration, definitely Motsumi should not have remained minister, not even in another ministry.
When Motsumi was campaigning to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ramotswa in 1999, she promised Ramotswa electorates that if elected, she would ensure that Boatle - Ramotswa road will be upgraded. But ten years down the line, the road has gotten from bad to worse even when the MP of the area was at the helm of the ministry responsible for roads. This is one of the reasons why Ramotswa which used to be a strong hold of the ruling party, is now slipping to the opposition Botswana Congress Party (BCP). The people of Ramotswa have given up on Motsumi. What Khama saw as a potential in Motsumi, the people of Ramotswa do not see. They only see someone who has failed to deliver.
