Registering a case of corruption

I have just watched Botswana television (Btv) news cast. It is reported that some six hundred cases of economic crime have been reported to the Directorate of Corruption and Economic crime (DCEC). I wish to register, rather than report one such crime; the difference being that I do not know who committed the crime, and the person whose name was used is deceased. My hope is that regardless of who committed the crime, the current government will move to remove the “ear sore” from our discourse.

Our late president Ketumile Quet Joni Masire was not entitled to use the title “Sir” before his name. The Knighthood he was awarded in 1991 was an honorary one, which does not confer the right to use “Sir” before one’s name OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM. 

Some, especially those who may have used their proximity to the seat of power to GRAB the title un-procedurally, may see my registration as political vindictiveness. It is not. I would not care a hoot if president Masire had died along with his ill-gotten title. Unfortunately someone has now named our only academic hospital in his “honour”, an honour which should not include the title “Sir”. So to those who wish to honour President Masire, I suggest they change the name of our academic hospital from “Sir Ketumile Masire” to something else.

This is really a sad case of sycophancy, because I recall something to the effect that when this controversy first arose during Masire’s presidency, he was reported to have said something to the effect that one could call him anything, he didn’t care. And yet the sycophants went ahead and shamelessly named the hospital, regardless. 


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