Gaborone — It is with a profound sense of loss that we today mourn the passing on of our former President Sir Ketumile Masire, who was a chief architect of our country's democratic development.
As Vice President and Minister of Finance and Development Planning, as well as President, Sir Ketumile contributed immensely to Botswana's emergence from being ranked as one of the world's ten least developed nations to middle income status. During the same period Botswana also made enormous strides in the provision of education, health and social welfare.
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