BTO�s UK office in shambles

Outgoing BTO CEO Thebo Dithebe presented the report to parliaments this week
Outgoing BTO CEO Thebo Dithebe presented the report to parliaments this week

Operations at the Botswana Tourism Organisation’s (BTO) United Kingdom (UK) office have been allowed to run uncontrolled and unmonitored, exposing the parastatal to a risk of misappropriation of funds, an audit has uncovered.

According to a report presented to a Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and Public Enterprises this week, a BTO representative at the office works under an inconsistent employment contract while she has also undertaken some significant projects with third parties without expressed approval from superiors.

“An internal control environment on the operations of the UK BTO office is inadequate and for the most part controls are not in existence at all. The office’s internal controls covering areas such as procurement, financial management and reporting, performance management and monitoring, asset management and human resources have not been established,” read part of the report.

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