Minister of Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources
Honorable Minister, Dr. P.H.K Kedikilwe, MP, PH
Honourable Ponatshego Kedikilwe is Botswana's Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR), the post he has held since January 2007. The Ministry oversees the country's Energy, Water and Mineral sectors. The mineral sector contributes about a third to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 47% to Government revenue and over 70% to foreign earnings.
Mr. Kedikilwe's academic qualifications are Masters Degree in Development Economics and Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University in New York.
Mr. Kedikilwe has served in various government ministries as a senior civil servant. In addition, he has served in the country's executive as Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Commerce and Industry, Finance and Development Planning and Education.
He has served in various key parastatal and private organisations in Botswana and chaired the famous Presidential Commission on Education in 1992.
In 1992 he was awarded a Presidential Order of Honour and received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Botswana in 2007. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1984.
Speeches made to Parliament
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