'I was misunderstood'

Former President Festus Mogae PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Former President Festus Mogae PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

I write regarding the interview I had with your reporter in New York as reported in your newspaper of Friday 16th October 2015.

The report displays serious miscommunication or misapprehension between me and the reporter, where I criticise the Water Utilities Corporation for demanding and obtaining compliance by Magang to build infrastructure, in this case a pipeline from Central Gaborone to Phakalane and a distribution water tower and giving them to the water utility free of charge, the article says I said “Magang built the infrastructure and got free’. For this misstatement of fact we owe Mr Magang an apology.

Secondly, the people I advocate should be given dual citizenship are Batswana professionals educated at Government expense, who have taken foreign citizenship in the countries in which they studied. The countries include the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Australia.

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