Why Kgosi won�t be prosecuted

| Thursday July 10, 2014 14:20

 

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) boss, Rose Seretse is reportedly under pressure from President Ian Khama to halt investigations against intelligence chief, Isaac Kgosi.

Reliable sources at the Office of the President (OP) say that Seretse has been informed her contract which has less than a year to run will only be renewed if she stops pursuing Kgosi who has been in the news following shocking revelations about his business and financial dealings. It is said attempts to reconcile Kgosi and Seretse by cabinet minister, Mokgweetsi Masisi have not succeeded. Masisi allegedly left the meeting a very disappointed man after Kgosi proved uncooperative.

Efforts to get a reaction from OP, Masisi and Seretse yesterday did not bear fruit. But reports say Masisi was not happy with the outcome of his meeting with the two state officers.

“He could not come to terms with the attitude he witnessed,” said a source.

It is said that for some time, Seretse and Kgosi have been at loggerheads. Apparently Seretse is not amused with what she sees as meddling by Kgosi, who was Khama’s long-time aide before he became head of Directorate of Intelligence Services.

Meanwhile, the Manual Workers Union is busy distributing copies of the interview of Kgosi by the DCEC. In the interview held on February 27, 2012 Kgosi shared information on his multiple companies and income. He stated that he has invested in many companies and has a British accountant called John Little. 

He stated that in the late 1990s, he used to have an account, which was not really his.

“It was called sort of a contribution account whereby the boss is to have a.... when he was MP he used to have Serowe North Development Trust and then.... (sic)” he said.

Question: And the boss you are talking about is HE (His Excellency). Because when you are Director General it is hard to say who is the boss.

Answer: So when people used to donate money, let’s say for what funding they may request, I didn’t want to go into my personal account and then there was a contribution account and then after I left Office of the President, then the account was dormant”.

He said that the subsequent contribution account was the one through which he made payments to foreign entities such as SARS or aviation organisations. But as the interview continues, Kgosi once again says the contribution account was used by the SNDT.