Botswana exceeds Maputo Declaration on food
Thursday, February 27, 2014
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, said this in Parliament after the member for Kgalagadi North, Phillip Khwae, asked whether Botswana was part of the commitment undertaken at the African Union’s 2003 Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security to allocate 10 percent of their national budgets to agriculture and rural development.
Matambo said Botswana was part of the commitment and had always committed more than 10 percent of its budget to agriculture and development in the past 10 years.
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...