Politics push Seretse out of DCEC

Seretse
Seretse

The redeployment of the country’s corruption busting agency head Rose Seretse to a newly established and less stinging Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) has long been coming.

Probably, Seretse long felt it in her blood as events continued to unfold in her docket. It is not a good thing, but certainly not a new strategy for the ruling elite to redeploy people who seemingly fail to toe the line. Kenny Kapinga, formerly deputy commissioner and an envoy, got a shocking redeployment as the latter when he was expected to take over as police commissioner because he reportedly did not toed the line to the chagrin of his principals.

Certainly, in her effort to assert herself in leading the war against corruption and economic crime, Seretse, the outgoing director general of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and her team of crack investigators have rubbed the powers-that-be the wrong way. They have left a trail of destruction in the government enclave. Seretse’s new appointment effects from September 1.

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