Headway in regulation of construction industry
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The draft bill was initially presented to the construction industry in September 2014 following the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis’ (BIDPA) recommendations in September 2011. Speaking at the handover in Gaborone yesterday, the CIAB chairperson, Ulf Soderstrom said after many years of trying to put a proposal together, the layman draft’s bill was finally presented to the construction industry before it was circulated broadly to all construction industry organisations and individuals.
“After all inputs were considered and incorporated, the draft bill was sent for legal editing and in August 2015 was handed to the Permanent Secretary of MIST who again circulated it to the major industry organisations,” he said.
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...