Mmadinare wants to be free
Friday, October 07, 2016
Mmadinare villagers want their own Sub-District Council
Mmadinare residents say the fact that their constituency’s councillors are divided between the Palapye and the Bobirwa Sub-District Councils is affecting service delivery and weakening the area’s decision-making powers.
Mmadinare village, which is the constituency headquarters, falls under the Bobirwa sub-district council, located about 100 kilometres away. The Sub-District’s headquarters are located at Bobonong and that fact is an additional thorn in the flesh of Mmadinare villagers.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...