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Ntlo ya Dikgosi Overview and Structure

The Ntlo ya Dikgosi is an advisory body to Botswana's parliament consisting of 35 members. Eight members are hereditary chiefs from Botswana's principal tribes, while another 22 are indirectly elected to serve five-year terms. The remaining 5 members are appointed by the country's president. The house acts as an advisory body with no legislative power, but all bills affecting tribal matters must go through it before parliament.

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Ntlo ya Dikgosi Overview and Structure

The Ntlo ya Dikgosi is an advisory body to Botswana's parliament consisting of 35 members. Eight members are hereditary chiefs from Botswana's principal tribes, while another 22 are indirectly elected to serve five-year terms. The remaining 5 members are appointed by the country's president. The house acts as an advisory body with no legislative power, but all bills affecting tribal matters must go through it before parliament.

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Ntlo ya Dikgosi

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The Ntlo ya Dikgosi (Tswana for "House of Chiefs") in Botswana is an advisory body to the
country's parliament.[1]
Contents

 1Composition
 2Powers
 3See also
 4References

Composition[edit]
The house consists of 35 members. Eight members are hereditary chiefs (kgosi) from
Botswana's principal tribes (BaKgatla,
BaKwêna, BaMalete, BamaNgwato, BaNgwaketse, BaRôlông, BaTawana, and BaTlôkwa).
Another 22 members are indirectly elected and serve five-year terms. Of these, four are
chosen from sub-chiefs in the districts of North-East, Chobe, Ghanzi, and Kgalagadi. The
remaining 5 members are appointed by the country's president. They must be at least 21
years of age, proficient in the English language, and have not participated in active politics in
the past five years. Chiefs may not belong to political parties.[2]

Powers[edit]
The house acts as a purely advisory body to the Parliament and has no legislative
nor veto power. All bills affecting tribal organization and property, customary law, and the
administration of customary courts go through the house before being discussed in
the National Assembly. Members must also be consulted when the constitution is being
reviewed or amended. The body has the power to summon members of government to
appear before it.[3]

See also[edit]
 National Assembly of Botswana
 History of Botswana
 Kgosi
 List of Chairpersons of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi

References[edit]
1. ^ Botswana CIA World Handbook
2. ^ "Ntlo Ya Dikgosi". Parliament of Botswana. Archived from the original on 2011-07-
06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
3. ^ Werner Zips & Markus Weilenmann (2011) The Governance of Legal Pluralism:
Empirical Studies from Africa and Beyond, LIT Verlag Münster, p188

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