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Mother of the Nation!

I have a simple request to our new Parliament. President Boko's official inauguration at the national stadium was a spectacle to watch, but nothing could have prepared us for the sight of Ma-Boko, an accomplished, practicing lawyer kneeling for the nation! Yes, she was kneeling for the nation and saying "Trust me, when he comes home weary from solving the nation's problems, I'll be waiting to comfort him, to revive him for the next day's tasks, criticisms and more gofokola ". Ma-Boko's posture reminded me of my dear departed mother's posture when I returned from herding the goats before I started primary school. When I found her in that posture, with leselo , dhuni , and nsi not far away, I knew that dinner would be available not much later. It would be fitting to have that picture of Ma-Boko kneeling before the nation to be officially recognized as MOTHER OF THE NATION. That is my humble request to our new Parliament. This request is not original, I ...