Citing Afrobarometer , an independent research group , Botswana 's newspaper Sunday Standard recently wrote that there was a growing public perception that Khama has issued more directives compared to his predecessors . Botswana 's President Ian Khama talks to CNN on 'African Voices ' Former military general and son of Botswana 's first president . The former head of the country's armed forces has been in power since independence from Britain in 1966.
Botswana 's President Ian Khama talks to CNN on 'African Voices ' Former military general and son of Botswana 's first president . The former head of the country's armed forces has been in power since independence from Britain in 1966.