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Botswana President Steps Down by Chisom12345(m): 12:32pm On Mar 30, 2018 |
President Ian Khama of Botswana this week wrapped up a national “farewell tour” before he stands down on Saturday in a power transfer designed to stress his statesmanship and the country’s stability. Khama has visited all of Botswana’s 57 constituencies since December, bidding a long goodbye to a population of just 2.2 million after serving the constitutional maximum of 10 years in office. He will be succeeded by Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi, a full 18 months before elections. Khama’s two terms in power have been defined by his country’s rapid development thanks to lucrative diamond and beef exports and by a reputation for good governance. He has also become renowned for straight talking — breaking with diplomatic convention to criticise leaders including US President Donald Trump and then-president Robert Mugabe in neighbouring Zimbabwe. On Tuesday, his tour finished in his ancestral village of Serowe in the east of the country, with a day of songs, poems, gifts, ululation and pleading for him to remain in office. Thousands of jubilant villagers dressed in blue, white and black, gathered in a kgotla, a traditional courtyard, to hear Khama speak. “I was a soldier, I didn’t have interest to join politics, I had future plans, away from politics,” he told the crowd, adding that his predecessor Festus Mogae had to persuade him to take over in 2008. What do our President shud do guys Resign or continue |
Re: Botswana President Steps Down by Nobody: 12:38pm On Mar 30, 2018 |
Seems this is Africa's season of change of government |
Re: Botswana President Steps Down by chris4gold(m): 12:39pm On Mar 30, 2018 |
Waiting for bubu to do the right thing too ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Botswana President Steps Down by internationalman(m): 12:48pm On Mar 30, 2018 |
What do arsene Wenger and buhari have in common? They are both old and malfunctioning at their job and don't wanna step down. |
Re: Botswana President Steps Down by Chisom12345(m): 6:50pm On Mar 30, 2018 |
Na true u talk bro |
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