Nkate's Integrity Put On The Line
Monday, April 19, 2010
Twice on Friday a suggestion was put to him that he is an untrustworthy witness who came to court with the whole aim of misleading court purely to help aid a friend - the late Louis Nchindo. He was characterised as someone who would tell a lie - falsity to use the language of the court - even under oath. Ironically, Nkate was assailed by the prosecutor, a lawyer who brought Nkate as a witness to court, a lawyer who was to protect him.
Tempers boiled over in court on this Friday. More than once Advocate Craig Webster was asked to sit down and shut up when he tried to rescue former Minister Nkate who was being assailed by a barrage of questions from Prosecutor Kgosietsile Ngakaagae.
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...