Gov�t moots legislating PPPs
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
Dekop PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
Speaking at a PPPs capacity building workshop for local authorities in Gaborone yesterday, secretary for development and budget in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Cornelius Dekop said currently there is no law governing the PPPs.
He said for the PPPs to work, supporting institutional, legal, and regulatory reforms are needed to open markets traditionally monopolised by the public sector to the private sector.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...