Soldiers must remember their first oath
Friday, January 15, 2016
The fellow was in pains trying to explain, but at the end of it all, I could surmise that the president is the embodiment of the whole citizenry.
I became very curious because we had taken an oath four days after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and there was a rumour in the grapevine that we were being groomed for the eventual war between Iraq and the Allied Forces. The war was so popular because of the extended media coverage. We also wanted to be abreast with every inch of its development so much that one Officer Cadet nicknamed himself “Saddam”.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...