Military intelligence � My personal experience (Part 2)
Friday, June 06, 2014
Among the first units to be formed in the formative years of the defence force was the Military Intelligence headed by Major Fire Katse who had come from the old Police Mobile Unit (PMU) which was a paramilitary unit of Botswana Police Force. When I came into the military institution in 1990, there was some transcending transformation as most of the Old Guard from PMU were slowly vanishing from the ranks of BDF through a natural process of aging.
One attribute these old men possessed in common was wisdom, at least a majority of them. The New Guard of Officer Cadets some of whom had gone to the world’s finest military academy of Sandhurst which is only second to West Point in the US were itching for change. According to them, it was time the BDF conformed to being a military as opposed to being a police paramilitary wing. And they were right.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...