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· Who are those heads of states claiming strong rural
background and still continuing with that during their leisure time?
· One among them is Botswana president Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi,
who recalls his farmer’s life with great nostalgia. He reminisces
about his farm life and even now rears animals during his spare time,
which he feels is a quality time spent among his favorite animals
African economy was based on farming and agriculture before the advent
of oil and of course, large scale mining. It is natural, therefore,
some of its heads of states boast of rural background and claim that
they can feel the pulse of the soil. Who are those heads of states
claiming strong rural background and still continuing with that during
their leisure time?
One among them is Botswana president Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi, who
recalls his farmer’s life with great nostalgia. He reminisces about
his farm life and even now rears animals during his spare time, which
he feels is a quality time spent among his favorite animals. He has a
liking for sheep and cattle and makes it sure that he does his rearing
in causal cloth wearing a cowboy hat to go with it. Not only that, his
favorite hobby is to send that rare photos with animals to his fellow
citizens ostensibly to remind them about the value of agriculture and
more importantly to tell the new generation that soil is something
that one can trust.
Masisi joins the illustrious league of present rulers and the past,
who swear by soil. They are Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari , who prefers
to call himself as a cattle and crop farmer. Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni
has been a cattle farmer so also Namibia’s Hage Geingob, who smarts
himself as a crop farmer. Not to fall behind, there are some former
heads of states, who like themselves to be called farmers. They
include Ex-Tanzania president Jakaya Kikwete, crop farmer and
Ex-Botswana president Ian Khama, who spends most of his free time as a
cattle farmer
