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A case for a forensic audit on procurement expenditure and land acquisition

I agree with Dumelang Saleshando. What we need is an all out forensic audit on government procurement expenditure for the last 10 years at the very least.

I will then close my practice, in the interest of national service to go and help you investigate and prosecute the thugs. Anything short of that will be an exercise in futility. What we are presently having is some cheap distraction at Bakang Seretse and Kenneth Kerekang’s expense. Regrettably, Seretse sells and the media are so fixated on monetising the case they cannot see past the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ruse.

Just so we are clear, the whole government system has been, and still is a cesspool of corruption. Don’t be lied to, Botswana compares favourably to Nigeria in terms of looting by businesses and their partners in crime, the ruling elite.  I am really hoping to hear what Business Botswana’s position is on the situation at hand as regards the runaway corruption. I am not accusing them. I may have missed their take.

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