(8 Nov 2024)
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Gaborone, Botswana – 8 November 2024
1. Wide arrival of newly-elected president of Botswana Duma Boko in an open top vehicle accompanied horse
2. Wide of former Botswana President Ian Khama watching proceedings
3. Wide Boko with wife walking towards stage
4. WIde of military officials
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Duma Boko, Botswana President:
"I Duma Gideon Boko do swear that I will faithfully and diligently discharge my duties and perform my functions in the high office of the Republic of president of the Republic of Botswana."
6. Wide of crowd at stadium
7. Wide Boko addressing crowds at the stadium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Duma Boko, Botswana President:
"This is one republic, one nation under God. Lines are drawn in the sand and blown away by the wind. We cannot allow ourselves to draw to be drawn into squabbles about where the line was and who stood on which side. The message I impart is unity, togetherness. We are the village that the future will look back to and either praise or look back in lamentation."
9. Wide of crowd
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Duma Boko, Botswana President:
"And it gives me pride, therefore, when I look into your faces and you look back at me and you say that’s my boy. And. And you say so because you raised the boy. You say so because you loved the boy. And you say so because deep down, you know, this boy loves you back."
11. Wide of crowd
12. Various Boko departing
13. Wide Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa departing
14. Wide of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema departing after ceremony
15. Various of traditional dancers performing
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people from around Botswana attended the inauguration Friday of their country’s new president, Duma Boko, who called for unity after an election that brought an end to the former ruling party’s 58 years in power.
His Umbrella for Democratic Change, a coalition of Botswana National Front and the Alliance for Progressives won 36 parliamentary seats and denied former president Mokgweetsi Masisi a second term.
Boko took his oath in front of thousands of citizens and delegates in the capital Gaborone on Friday after arriving in an open top vehicle accompanied by flag-carrying soldiers on white horses.
Addressing the nation in his first official speech as president, Boko encouraged those in attendance to give his predecessor — who was often subjected to jeers — some love and praised his willingness to concede power without incident.
He described the change of government in Botswana as a historic moment and stressed the need to avoid squabbles and personal rifts.
“This is indeed a historic moment most humbling and most sobering. It is one of the rarest moments that can only be acknowledged in retrospect," he said.
He expressed his love for his country and the appreciation they had shown him in electing him to the country’s highest office.
“It gives me great pleasure when I look at you and you look back at me and say that’s my boy. You say so because you raised the boy. You love the boy. You know and understand that this boy loves you,” said Boko in a colorful inauguration speech fueled by optimism but thin on details of his party’s plans for national development.
During the campaign, his party promised to fight corruption and introduce a minimum wage of 4,000 Pula ($302) per month, unemployment allowance and to increase old age benefits and build new enterprises.
Official statistics show that unemployment has increased to 27.6% in 2024 from 25.9% in 2023.
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