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Tawana and the knife

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Tawana Moremi
Members of Parliament for Maun West and Tati East Tawana Moremi and Biggie Butale have clarified the issue of ‘knife in Parliament’ issue. In an interview with The Patriot on Sunday, Moremi said that he was misquoted in Parliament when he talked about the knife incident. “The incident I was talking about happened in March last year when I approached the Deputy Speaker Kagiso Molatlhegi about security at the revenue office and was accompanied by MP Butale and Sergeant in Arms,” clarified Moremi adding that the knife was not even Okapi but hunting knife. He said that he was shocked when Minister of Agriculture Patrick Ralotsia used the incident to mock him in Parliament and realised that it was Molatlhegi who leaked the story to him. “That is why I was saying I am disappointed with Molatlhegi because I shared the information with him as Deputy Speaker but he betrayed my confidence in him,” said Moremi. Moremi said that the reason he carried the knife was for his protection and for eating meat. Butale confirmed that the incident happened last year and it was Moremi who voluntarily showed Molatlhegi as a way for showing that security at the Parliamentary revenue…

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