Swedish trip fails, cllrs keep T&S

Gaborone  City Councillors are complaining about misused finance
Gaborone City Councillors are complaining about misused finance

Financial questions swirled around the full Gaborone City Council session yesterday, as one member demanded that her colleagues account for and return per diem allowances they received for a failed trip to Sweden.

Marulamantsi councillor, Kgomotso Lekau, charged that the local authority was promoting corruption, as the Swedish trip funds were still unaccounted for, amidst reports that the funds were diverted to election campaigns.

“Some councillors were supposed to depart for Sweden but failed to go and they are still holding onto the allowances given to them,” she said, debating the Mayor’s address.

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