Without saying it in many words Tshekedi Khama feels he would run Air Botswana better than those currently assigned the role at ministerial level. In fact, if he had his way he would have long had the national airline transferred to his ministry. As he confirmed in an interview this week, he was not happy that the current Transport and Communications minister Kitso Mokaila has taken the route to privatise Air Botswana. “He just made a decision to privatise Air Botswana in the first meeting he attended and though I was not happy with the decision taken I accepted it,” he hit out. Tshekedi Khama is the Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism and has been open about the necessity of running Air Botswana better because his main clients – tourists – use it to visit the country. At some point under the previous minister Tshenolo Mabeo reports were rife that Tshekedi Khama had succeeded in making his case for the transfer of the airline to Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO). Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises (PCSB) last year former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Elias…