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More audit bombshells at BAMB

Revelations: More audit bombshells continue to spill out at BAMB PIC: BAMB
Revelations: More audit bombshells continue to spill out at BAMB PIC: BAMB

New Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) CEO, Lillian Scheepers, has revealed extensive operational and financial irregularities within the state-owned grain marketing and food security institution.

The latest revelations come after the recent Auditor General report flagged P197 million in unaccounted for funds at BAMB. The funds were disbursed by government to BAMB to help procure produce from local farmers in order to restock the Strategic Grain Reserves.

On Monday, appearing before Parliament’s ongoing Statutory Bodies proceedings, Scheepers painted a troubling picture of an organisation crippled by weak internal controls, poor accountability, deteriorating infrastructure, and widespread negligence.

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