Govt pays P1 million on former MPs accommodation :: Mmegi Online

If you ever thought opposition Members of Parliament would turn away from lucrative deal with their peers from the ruling party you may need to think again. In this issue, we reveal a not so- well- secret where members of parliament from across the political divide conspire to extend for themselves MPS privileges beyond their term.

Government will fork over P1 million in accommodation payments for all 45 ordinary former Members of Parliament (MPs), two months after the dissolution of the house, Mmegi has established.

According to a confidential presidential directive CAB 22(A)/2014 issued on July 31, President Ian Khama has extended a special dispensation to allow “…for Members of Parliament to remain in rented accommodation after the dissolution of the 10th Parliament up to the end of October 2014 at Parliament’s expense.”

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