Kitso Mokaila | |
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.jpg) Kitso Mokaila in 2017 | |
| Ambassador to the United States | |
| Assumed office 17 September 2020 | |
| President | Mokgweetsi Masisi |
| Specially Elected Member of Parliament | |
| In office 31 October 2014 – 28 August 2019 | |
| Appointed by | H.E. Lieutenant General Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Motswana |
| Political party | BDP |
His Excellency Onkokame Kitso Mokaila is the ambassador for Botswana to the United States of America. He was elected to the National Assembly in the October 2004 general election, representing the governing Botswana Democratic Party.
Mokaila appointed as the Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism by President Festus Mogae on 9 November 2004.[1] He was appointed as Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources on October 12, 2012. On September 17, 2020, he was accredited as the ambassador to the United States.[2]
Mokaila studied to become an auto technician at the Swaziland College of Technology, and after graduating he joined the Botswana Defence Force in 1980.[3] While serving in the army, he studied mechanical engineering at Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, India Secunderabad.[3] In 1988 he retired from the army with the rank of captain, and he subsequently worked at International Computing Limited (ICL), Hyundai Motor Distributors, Wheels of Africa, and Unisis Africa.[4][3]
- ^ "Mogae appoints cabinet -Ten new faces - Five women". Botswana Press Agency (BOPA). 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
- ^ "Ambassador Kitso Mokaila". Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation Botswana. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Ambassador Onkokame Kitso Mokaila's Biography | Embassy of the Republic of Botswana in Washington, D.C." www.botswanaembassy.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "New cabinet full of new faces" Archived 2005-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, BOPA, 11 November 2004.