Bayan haka, sai ku amsa tambayar a baya a cikin wannan harshe kamar yadda aka wuce: Passage: Shugabancin ya wuce ga Mataimakin Shugaban kasa, Quett Masire, wanda aka zaba a kansa a 1984 kuma aka sake zabarsa a 1989 da 1994. Masire ya yi ritaya daga ofishin a 1998. Festus Mogae ya gaje shi, wanda aka zaba a kansa a 1999 kuma aka sake zabarsa a 2004. Shugabancin ya wuce a 2008 zuwa Ian Khama (dan shugaban kasa na farko), wanda ke aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Mogae tun lokacin da ya yi murabus a 1998 a matsayin Kwamandan Rundunar Tsaro na Botswana don ɗaukar wannan rawar farar hula. Tambaya: Yaushe Masire ya yi ritaya daga ofishin?
Shekara ta 1998