Parliamentary questions
| Tuesday March 18, 2014 11:57
Hundreds of thousands flagged
As at the end of January this year, a total of 148,081 vehicles had been flagged since flagging was introduced in 2010. A total of 87,152 flagged cases have been resolved. This was revealed by Minister of Transport and Communications Nonofo Molefhi after the Member of Parliament for Kgalagadi North, Phillip Khwae asked him how many vehicles had been flagged so far and if the vehicles had been paid for.
Over P7m unexplained
A total of 139 poverty eradication projects in Gaborone South Constituency has cost the government P7,090,000 despite each constituency being allocated only P2 million per year. This was revealed by Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Mokgweetsi Masisi who said that only Gaborone City Council could explain why over P7 million was spent on 139 projects where as each constituency is allocated only P2 million per financial year. He further explained that it meant that they had exceeded a three-year budget allocation for the constituency.
Masisi said that currently there are 1,966 people who have applied for enrolment in the poverty eradication programme in the constituency and are awaiting assessment. Only 139 have benefited so far. He said that the roll out of the programme is not satisfactory adding that efforts are however being made to fast track the assessment process and roll out.
Masisi was responding to Member of Parliament for Gaborone South Kagiso Molatlhegi who had asked the minister to state the number of applicants for the poverty eradication programme awaiting assistance in the constituency and whether he was happy with the roll out of the programme.
Siblings take over projects
Siblings may take over projects if a young person dies before repaying the loan component of the Youth Development Fund, the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Shaw Kgathi has said. The minister said that they have an option of identifying a sibling who is young and willing to take over the project and its liabilities, or recouping the project equipment for public auction to avoid loss. Therefore there has not been what may be termed as a loss to government he said. The minister was answering a question by MP for Kweneng East, Moeng Pheto who had asked the minister to state the government’s position regarding young entrepreneurs who access loans and pass on before completing payments. He also asked what the role of siblings was.
US refugee starts milk comany
The director of Milk Africa (Pty) Ltd Thambashira Matibe is an asylee of the United States of America and currently travels on an asylee document number 400715451 issued by the Government of the USA. This was revealed by Minister of Labour and Home Affairs after Nehemiah Modubule, MP for Lobatse asked the minister to state the name of the director of the company and why he was using an American refugee travel document as his passport.