Margaret Nasha Quotes

Margaret Nnananyana Nasha is a Botswana politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2014. She was the first woman to hold the position.Nasha worked as a journalist and civil servant before entering politics, and also served a term as Botswana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. She entered the National Assembly at the 1994 general election, and subsequently served as a minister in the governments of Quett Masire and Festus Mogae. A representative of the Botswana Democratic Party , Nasha was elected to the speakership after the 2009 election. After a falling out with President Ian Khama, she lost the BDP speakership nomination to Gladys Kokorwe in 2014, and in 2016 defected to the opposition Botswana Movement for Democracy. Wikipedia

✵ 6. August 1947

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Famous Margaret Nasha Quotes

“The oneness of humanity, the equality of boys and girls in the eyes of God, and the need for honesty and kindliness in their dealings with other people.”

Margaret Nasha

"Minister praises Baha'i activities" https://news.bahai.org/story/356/ (March 14, 2005)

“Further the development of Botswana along moral and ethical lines.”

Margaret Nasha

"Minister praises Baha'i activities" https://news.bahai.org/story/356/ (March 14, 2005)

“Democracy to me means government of the people, by the people and not government of the people, by men. Democracy by nature should be inclusive, with proportionate representation of most, if not all sections of the population of a country.”

Margaret Nasha

"One woman’s struggles" https://www.sundaystandard.info/ococaone-womanocos-strugglesoco/ (24 March 2014)

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