The P45,000 splashed on a Gaggeanu RB 272 refrigerator for Seretse would give him three of these top-notch fridges from Game! Simply it would have saved the taxpayer a cool P35,000 to buy the Game Store fridge for the minister - enough to sponsor a student for a tertiary education course.
The top of the range fridge at Game, a GR-L28AUSJ, will scare anyone into believing it must be that controversial one recently acquired by Minister of Defense and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse. In fact its elegance would make the real Seretse's P45,000 fridge look like a joke. The Game stores' latest entry has so many luxurious features for the knockdown price of P15,000!
The Game store's LG fridge's fancy features include four doors, as opposed to Ramadeluka's two doors. This one is capable of delivering crushed ice or cubed ice at the press of a button, literally. The icemaker is mounted on the door of the fridge.
That is not all. It also purifies your water in the fridge. Ramadeluka's fridge cannot do this. It also has a filter, to ensure there are no impurities that pass through any of the liquids you are about to enjoy, for only P15,000. Ramadeluka's P45,000 Gaggeanu fridge and freezer does not have child lock features and an express freezer that freezes things at the press of a button. Its capacity is amazing and makes Ramadeluka's fridge look like a toy. It has 840 litres net capacity; compare with Seretse's that has a capacity of 389 litres net.
Seretse's fridge was sourced from Life Style stores in Gaborone under dubious circumstances, with no tendering opened. Its price also exceeds the limit set by the department of supplies for kitchen items in a minister's house.
The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board recently rejected the request to pay for the fridge, although questions abound as to who will foot the bill for the fridge.
Life Style shop manager has refused to answer phone calls or entertain visits by Mmegi.
