Gov�t moots legislating PPPs

Dekop PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
Dekop PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO

Government is in the process of establishing a legislation governing Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), Mmegi Business has learnt.

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.

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