Uncertainty surrounds judges� police case

The four judges are back on duty
The four judges are back on duty

Registrar and Master of High Court, Michael Motlhabi has told the committee that he is not aware whether the police have dropped investigations of receipt of housing allowances by the four judges who were suspended for unlawfully receiving housing allowances.

In September 2015, President Ian Khama suspended four judges: Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang for misconduct after it was found that they were paid undue housing allowances which amounted to P923, 543.20 combined.

The quartet were at loggerheads with Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo, who reported them to the Botswana Police Service to investigate them for earning housing allowances despite being accommodated in government houses. 

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