DIS the chaotic organisation
Ntibinyane Ntibinyane | Friday January 9, 2015 17:11
Mmegi has established this in a leaked interrogation videotape between the DIS director general Isaac Kgosi and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic (DCEC) crime investigators.
In the videotape, which Mmegi has seen and studied, Kgosi concedes to Donald McKenzie and Rose Seretse of the DCEC that the DIS under his watch was an organisation devoid of order.
The situation, he says, was so serious that he had to occasionally inform President Ian Khama and the former Minister of Defence, Justice and Security about the ongoing developments at his organisation.
According to Kgosi, his former deputy Tefo Kgotlhane was one of the most disorganised spies in the organisation.
Kgosi alleges that at one point Kgotlhane under the influence of alcohol, stole his personal money amounting to $10,000 from his (Kgosi’s) briefcase during working hours to satisfy his gambling habits.
He said that after he approached Kgotlhane about the allegations, he conceded that he stole money from him and apologised.
At one point after he reported him to the minister and President Khama, Kgotlhane pleaded with Kgosi not to fire him. Kgosi did not fire him because he felt sorry for him.
He said after investigations, he later found out that his deputy, “…had drinking and gambling problems… and that he always borrowed money around in the office.”
According to Kgosi, Kgotlhane’s problems were so grave that at one point he borrowed P5,000 from him to solve his personal problems.
He admitted that Kgotlhane was also borrowing money from everyone including juniors. “…then immediately I put measures in.
That there is no senior who borrows money from juniors, and all that stuff… (sic),” he said.
According to Kgosi even though at one point Khama advised him to fire his deputy, he did not do so out of sympathy for him.
By his own admission he protected his deputy from prosecution after he stole his money because he (Kgotlhane) was a critical member of his team and that he didn’t want to damage the reputation of the organisation.