Country Toasts to Boko Presidency

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Country Toasts to Boko Presidency
Country Toasts to Boko Presidency

Africa-Press – Botswana. As President Duma Boko entered the National Stadium for his inauguration ceremony on Friday morning, the cheering crowd bore testament to the winds of change that recently swept the national political landscape.

Alighting a Botswana Defence Force (BDF) open ceremonial Land Rover, which had been in a regal procession accompanied on either end by army officers riding white military horses, President Boko received a rousing reception from the crowd.

Addressing the nation from a podium embellished in blue, black and white national colours, President Boko pointed out that he was the product of the African culture of being “born to a community and raised by a village.”

“I stand before you to celebrate the very foundation of our Republic. Community, love, respect, Botho. to celebrate the esteemed and paramount office.

I am, because you are. You raised this boy, you nurtured this boy, this boy grew up right before you.

And it gives me pride therefore when I look into your faces and you look back and say, ‘That’s my boy!’”

Introduced into the public psyche by President Boko recently in the immediate aftermath of the elections to symbolise less formality and his accessibility to the people, the ‘That’s My Boy!’ phrase resonated with the crowd, as they chanted it back.

This displayed public goodwill reminiscent of the excitement expressed by the American populace when Barack Obama’s ‘Yes We Can!’ 2008 electoral campaign landed the first Black President in the White House.

As well as the ‘Cool Brittania’ era when a 44-year-old Tony Blair won the 1997 British elections for the Labour Party, ending two decades of Conservative Party dominance in the United Kingdom. A younger, fresh faced Prime Minister accompanying the trendy image the British were cultivating globally through popular culture icons including the Spice Girls and David Beckham.

A “Cool Botswana” era could possibly beckon with Generation Z youth, the first time voters known in local parlance as ‘Ma 2000’ becoming relatable with the highest office to a point of speaking the same language, ‘That’s My Boy, Fatshe Leno La Rona Dawg’.

But President Boko nonetheless cautioned that as the post-election excitement wears off with time, the nation would have to gauge if voting an opposition party into government for the first time was a wise decision.

“It was not an easy decision, I know. Even now, a little voice lingers in the back of your mind, asking you, ‘did I make the right choice?’ You will answer for yourself in five years’ time. That is the beauty of democracy,” President Boko said.

Akin to the ‘Yes We Can’ mantra, President Boko galvanised the nation to have positive thoughts of the possibility of what could be achieved in the next five years, and to work together to yield a better Botswana.

“With confidence, I dare say, that with the same care and diligence you raised a young boy from Mahalapye, you will create the Botswana we all desire.

To every person, young and old, I say today is possible only because of the collective effort that went into yesterday.

So, my beautiful and joyous fellow citizens, I say to you, dare to dream about a brighter tomorrow and let’s walk there together,” the President stated.

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