DIS demotes pilot for flying Khama
Friday, November 30, 2018
Opelonomi Edwin Matlhagela who has been with the intelligence agency since September 28, 2012 says his services have been reduced to paperwork simply because he took an instruction from Kgosi to fly former president Ian Khama to Mosu. Matlhagela’s redeployment comes after he took an instruction to fly Khama to Mosu following President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s refusal around April to lend the former president an aircraft and banned him from flying Botswana Defence Force ones.
Khama’s confidante, Kgosi had then lent him the spy agency’s aircraft, the move that infuriated Masisi. Kgosi was subsequently sacked from the public service. Matlhagela, on October 12, 2018 through his attorney Uyapo Ndadi issued a statutory notice of intention to sue the intelligence services for demoting him while he was merely carrying an instruction from his superiors to fly Khama.
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...