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Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism minister, Tshekedi Khama has been in the headlines lately for, among others, his fight for greater budgetary allocations to his Ministry.

Khama’s arguments, which for most parts are defendable, include the fact that the ceilings used by the Finance ministry for budgetary allocations are archaic and do not recognise emerging threats such as climate change or the growing significance of the tourism sector to the national economy.

At the Ministry, fuel has run dry hampering anti-poaching patrols, while other recurrent expenditure items have similarly suffered. The development budget has equally been chopped, forcing the Ministry to defer or cancel certain projects beneficial to the industry.

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