"We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet": Duma Boko on Botswana’s Ongoing Public Health Crisis | APT - video Dailymotion

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Botswana’s government has procured 300 tonnes of critical medical supplies amid a national public health emergency. Opposition leader Duma Boko welcomed the effort but warned that the country remains vulnerable, urging continued vigilance and transparent management of resources. Health authorities say the new supplies will help stabilize hospitals and clinics nationwide.  #Botswana #DumaBoko #PublicHealth

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00:00I don't know whether it's me or the speaker who should request you to be seated, but please

00:14be seated. Thank you very much. Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Dittapelo Keo Rapids.

00:30Vice President, Chief Justice of the Republic, former Presidents, former Vice Presidents,

00:47Cabinet Ministers, President of the Court of Appeal, Deputy Speaker, Assistant Ministers,

00:56Leader of the Opposition, Members of Parliament, Ambassadors, and High Commissioners, Chairman

01:07of Nkiwari Khosi, Permanent Secretary to the President, Attorney General, Judge President

01:19of the Industrial Court, Judges of the Court of Appeal, Judges of the High Court, and Judges

01:30of the Industrial Court, the Ombudsman, Heads of International Organizations, President of

01:39the Customary Court of Appeal, Commander of the Botswana Defense Force, Commissioner of

01:49Police, Commissioner of Prisons, all Permanent Secretaries, the Governor of Bank of Botswana,

02:00Mayor, Mayor, Mayors and Council Chairpersons, Councillors, District Commissioners, Bishops,

02:13religious leaders the clergy fellow citizens I greet and recognize each and

02:29every one of you we meet here today esteemed speaker but one of this who

02:49they esteemed residents of this Republic friends of Botswana greetings to you all may I request

03:02that we start by rising for a moment of silence in honor and remembrance of all those who have

03:09departed since our last sitting fellow members of this house from the previous parliament

03:18citizens and residents public servants including erstwhile member of parliament for Kalagadi South

03:27Dr. Michael Chimbombi whose services and sacrifices have strengthened our nation moment of silence in

03:39their honor

03:48thank you

03:51may God Almighty grant their souls eternal peace and continue to protect and comfort

03:58their families and loved ones we must express our deepest gratitude to him who blesses us in the

04:12words of Roman scholar Marcus Tullius Kikiru gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues

04:20virtues but the parent of all others as such we thank God Almighty for his grace and blessings

04:29and the darkest times it is his light that guides us and on the brightest of days it is him who makes it

04:39so I wish to point out that government has made some improvements to the way you will receive the state

04:49the state of the nation address notably copies of the sauna the speech that I'm about to deliver

04:58will be shared there's also a more graphically engaging and detailed version that will be shared digitally

05:12to enable richer discourse among society this is our way of enhancing

05:21availability of information and our increased accountability to the nation the second session of the 13th parliament

05:31commences today we gather here as triumphant champions makers of history led by huge

05:42heroes and heroes and heroines who carried us to heights never seen before we are a generation of many

05:51firsts the first government led by the umbrella for democratic change UDC the first African country to win in the

06:00the four by 400 meters relay at the world athletics championships

06:09we have Botswana's first men's 400 meters world champion we have our first Olympic gold medalist

06:21today we celebrate what it truly means to be a Botswana I stand before you at a pivotal moment

06:36which marks another first in this country's history for the first year of the UDC leadership has come to an end

06:47the gloss and charm of novelty is now behind us this was an interesting year where the shadow of economic

07:00challenges tested our resolve not just the government's resolve but that of the people of this country

07:09with our hope tested by economic pressures we are resolved crystallized and

07:18became stronger we know where we came from we know why we needed change and we know where we are going

07:30we know where we are going forward and we know where we can make up our Montaño

07:38though we intend to arrive faster at our destination we can only walk this step this journey one step at a time

07:42journey of a thousand miles. In our words and our work, we honor the power of intention

07:51to build, to heal, to challenge, to uplift deliberately, purposefully, and together.

08:04Hence my selected theme for this year's State of the Nation Address, the steady path delivering

08:11on our promise one step at a time. This is a philosophy of governance that recognizes the

08:19depth of our challenges while affirming our unwavering commitment to overcoming them.

08:27It encapsulates a profound thinking captured by the English playwright John Haywood that Rome was

08:38not built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour. Hour by hour, we lay brick by interlocking

08:52brick. To the untrained eye, it looks like an untied landscape of bricks strewn all over the

09:00place. But with time and patience, it will begin to take shape. You will soon see the skeleton of the

09:09Colosseum, the concept of the Roman forearm, the inklings of the Pantheon, and a hint of the Trevi

09:20fountain. Slowly, meticulously, Rome is taking shape. Today I lay before you the methodology behind

09:31the vision. I give you insight into the master plan. I detail the bricks already in place and the ones we

09:40are yet to lay. Our economy, long sustained by wealth generated from mining, especially of diamonds,

09:50now faces the sobering reality of global market shifts. Our fiscal is under tremendous strain,

10:00bearing the weight of unprecedented global macroeconomic challenges. The goose that lays the golden egg

10:09is in critical condition. The UDC government entered office with strained fiskars, depleted coffers,

10:24employees owed, contractors owed, farmers owed, a debt of hope to the people and resentment by its

10:36arrivals. The resentful prey and hope for the UDC to fail. And as such, pray for the country.

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