Nkaigwa queries alleged GCC over-expenditure

Nkaigwa queries alleged GCC over-expenditure
Nkaigwa queries alleged GCC over-expenditure

Former Gaborone City Mayor Haskins Nkaigwa has queried over-expenditure at the Gaborone City Council (GCC) prior to his ascension to the mayoral seat.

His bone of contention is the awarding of a P2.4 million tender awarded to a private company for the construction of a park in Naledi Central. The facility was constructed in 2012. 

According to the Gaborone North legislator, the standard of the park and the amount injected towards its design are non-congruent. At the Wednesday Parliamentary session, Nkgaigwa asked whether the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) Slumber Tsogwane was aware of ‘overpricing’ of the project and if anything was done to address the issue.

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