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SMEs decry civil servants’ participation in gov’t tenders

Reaching out: Moleele says BB has tried to engage government with limited success PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Reaching out: Moleele says BB has tried to engage government with limited success PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Local Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) have called for an end to public employees being able to tender for public projects, saying the practice leads to unfair advantages and corruption in the public procurement process.

At a Private-Public Dialogue held by Business Botswana on Tuesday, small business owners denounced corrupt practices by some civil servants during the public procurement process.

SMEs noted that since the repeal of the ban on civil servants participating in government tenders, they had struggled to compete for tenders against businesses owned by people already working in the government.

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