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"Ke tlaa go shapa" (I will beat you) – MP Tshireletso

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• Calls MP Nkaigwa a demi God possessed by demons The floor of Parliament was once again reduced to a circus on Tuesday afternoon during the discussion of the Whistleblowing' Bill, when an irate MP for Mahalapye East Botlogile Tshireletso lunged into Haskins Nkaigwa-MP for Gaborone North - threatening to beat him up. Nkaigwa invited the ire of Tshireletso - the assistant minister of Local Government and Rural Development - when he questioned her credentials as a cabinet member after the latter erroneously rose on a Point of Order, when seeking clarification on his submissions. Rising on a point of Order, which forced Nkaigwa to yield to allow her interruption, Tshireletso reminded the MP that the general assembly (a private meeting of all parliamentarians) had, contrary to his claim, agreed that religion should not be used to attack other MPs on the floor of parliament. "Tumelo ya gago mo Modimong ga yaa tshwanela go dirisiwa go sotlha ba bangwe. Ga rea dumalana gore go seka ga buiwa ka Modimo jaaka o bua," said Tshireletso. The Speaker, Gladys Kokorwe, advised Tshireletso that her intervention was not a point of order but sought clarification, which she accepted. But all hell broke loose…

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