We will appoint BDP members to senior Govt posts � Khama

Khama
Khama

President Ian Khama has warned that card-carrying Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will be appointed to senior government positions if opposition members are seen to be sabotaging government programmes.

“In other countries, not so far from ours we see their governments handing top post to their party members. We do not do that here, that is why only in Botswana you find a PS (Permanent Secretary) from an opposition party.

We do not want sabotage or else you will force us to start recruiting BDP members for those top positions,” Khama told a Kgotla meeting in Tsetsebjwe yesterday.  He warned that government officials who are members of the opposition parties and are known to sabotage his administration in its mandate to deliver services would be dealt with decisively.

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