Englishman M. K. Kgabo (1925–1992) was a Motswana politician. He served as a member of the

National Assembly of Botswana The National Assembly is the sole Legislature, legislative body of Botswana's unicameral Parliament of Botswana, Parliament, of which consists of the President of Botswana, President and the National Assembly. The House passes laws, provides Min ...

from its founding in 1966 until his retirement in 1989.

Biography

Englishman M. K. Kgabo was born in 1925. Early in his life he worked as a teacher, and he was later a secretary to the

Bakwena The Bakwena or Bakoena ("those who venerate the crocodile") are a large Sotho-Tswana clan in Southern Africa of the Bantu peoples, southern Bantu group. They can be found in different parts of southern Africa such as Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa ...

Tribal Administration. He became a prominent political figure after supporting

Bonewamang Padi Sechele Bonewamang Padi Sechele (1926–1978) was the African Tribal Authority of the Kwena tribe from 1970 until his death in 1978. He was appointed by the government in lieu of a ''kgosi'' after the abdication of Neale Sechele. Bonewamang Padi Sechel ...

's claim to leadership over that of

Moruakgomo Sechele Moruakgomo Sechele was a pretender of the Kwena tribe as the son of ''kgosi'' Sebele II. His claim to be ''kgosi'' was widely supported in 1962, but it was challenged by his cousin Bonewamang. A court decision disqualified both of them despite ...

. Kgabo joined the

Bechuanaland Democratic Party The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP, colloquially known as Domkrag) is a centre-right political party in Botswana. From the country's inaugural election in 1965 until the 2024 general election the party governed the country without interrup ...

(later the Botswana Democratic Party) when it was founded, and he worked to gather an early base of support for the party in

Kweneng Kweneng is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the ...

. In 1966, he began his tenure in the

representing

Molepolole Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana. The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana. The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to E ...

East. He spent many years serving as Minister of Local Government and Lands, and he remained in the National Assembly until 1989. In 1991, he was the chair of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land Problems in Mogoditshane and Other Peri-Urban Areas, or the

Kgabo Commission The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land Problems in Mogoditshane and Other Peri-Urban Villages, also known as the Kgabo Commission, was a 1991 commission of inquiry established by the government of Botswana. It was created to investig ...

. Kgabo died in 1992.

References

1925 births 1992 deaths Members of the National Assembly (Botswana) 20th-century Botswana politicians {{Botswana-politician-stub