Huge losses for Kingdom Bank depositors
Friday, March 13, 2015
Kingdom Bank is under curatorship for 90 days
The bank, which is currently under curatorship for 90 days, looks set to be liquidated when the temporary management period expires in May.
An inventory of the bank’s assets released by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) on Wednesday, shows that liabilities outweigh assets by as much as $16.7 million (P160 million) with an estimated minimum recovery rate of 12% on deposits.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...