P326 million: biggest financial scandal in Botswana
Friday, December 08, 2017
Seretse, Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang were this week remanded in custody after appearing before the Regional Magistrate’s Court facing money-laundering charges in their personal capacities.
They will appear for mention today. According to the charge sheet, the three, between September 5, 2017 and November 27, 2017 in Gaborone, received various sums of money knowing, or suspecting, or having reasonable grounds to know, or suspecting, or having derived, or realised in whole, or in part, directly or indirectly from the commission of a confiscation offence, to wit, theft.
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...