Though the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies hearings have been a dull event with some members often not bothering to attend, everything changed on Monday when the outspoken Tshekedi Khama - minister responsible for tourism - was summoned to account for the mess at Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO). Some had thought Minister Khama would snub the hearing, but he came and in his usual character was bare-knuckled, direct and fort-right. Clad in a stripped black suit he sat next to his Permanent Secretary Elias Magosi. With his imposing and well-built towering figure, he joked with members of the PCSB who are his Parliamentary colleagues. The smile of the members of the PCSB did not resemble the seriousness of the matter at hand - the collapse of corporate governance and maladministration at BTO that has left the nation reeling in shock. The minister’s tactic was clear – to disarm the panel. He chose not to deny wrongdoing and simply passed the blame to those who advised him. Most of the blame was put at the doorstep of BTO CEO Dithebe. For more than nine months BTO has operated without a board of directors but the minister has saw nothing wrong with…