Gaolese Kent Koma [SEP] country of citizenship
Gaolese Kent Koma
Gaolese Kent Koma (7 December 1918 – 9 March 2006) was a Botswana politician, statesman, and businessman. He served in the National Assembly as Member of Parliament for Mahalapye village from 1965 to 1994.
Early life and education.
He was born on 17 December 1918 in Shoshong and later moved with his parents to settle in Ditlharepeng ward in Serowe village in the Central District of Botswana. His father Nkgabong Dintwe was farmer and headman. His mother Gabataelwe Dintwe Koma was a house wife who
Gaolese and Kenneth Koma, belonged to the Malekantwa age-regiment (mophato).
In 1952-53, the Malekantwa activists, along with such older figures as Kgalemang Motsete and Leetile Raditladi, came together to form a political movement initially known as the Bamangwato National Congress.
The Congress stood as a new third force in Gammangwato politics between the rival camps of older traditionalists led by Tshekedi Khama and Keaboka Kgamane (pro-Seretse).
During the period, Nwako also began writing for newspapers, especially Naledi ya