Irked Judge Punishes Okaile, Wife

Rapula Okaile.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Rapula Okaile.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

As if declining to have their vehicles returned to them was not enough, a peeved Justice Omphemetse Motumise on Friday directed the Registrar of High Court to charge former Gaborone United chairperson Rapula Okaile and his Wife Neo, for contempt of court.

Motumise was irked by the fact that Okaile filed an affidavit on behalf of Capital Management Botswana (CMB) while the company is still under the Statutory Management of Peter Collins.

The Okailes approached court on urgency seeking return of their eight vehicles, which were impounded by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) during the course of criminal investigations. The applicants in the matter, Okailes, their company Warentebo investments and CMB, wanted the court to review and set aside the decision to seize the vehicles on the contention that such a decision was unlawful, unconstitutional and unprocedural.

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