Khama�s most difficult decision :: Mmegi Online

As President Ian Khama sets in motion a journey to vacate office next year April 1 and hands over the baton of power to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE and Correspondent SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNESS look at part IV of Khama’s men and women in Cabinet and how the President exercised his prerogative in appointing his team

The year 2012 marked the fourth anniversary for Tshekedi Khama’s (TK) in Parliament as a backbencher. His entry into politics and Parliament in 2008, following President Ian Khama’s ascendancy to the highest office in the land, was not without controversy.

Young ambitious BDP activist Gomolemo Motswaledi harboured ambitions to be the next Member of Parliament (MP) for the then Serowe North West. He was not alone as two more politicians, Lesego Raditanka and Prince Kgwaneng harboured similar ambitions. Because of his popularity and shrewdness, Khama pushed Motswaledi to vacate the constituency as he was a strong factor to contend with.

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