Kablay should recant his misguided comments

After a lengthy silence, the Member of Parliament for Letlhakeng East, Liakat Kablay was in his element last week, firing from all cylinders.

Unfortunately, most of the time when he opens his mouth, the things he says hardly make sense to right thinking people. In his contribution to the 2015-2016 budget debate last Thursday, Kablay accused civil servants of sabotaging the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) policies and programmes. As usual, he did not produce any evidence whatsoever to back his misguided accusations and prescriptions. He suggested that only BDP card-carrying members should be appointed to senior positions in the civil service as a safety measure.

“If the BDP wants to stay in power, they must consider appointing party members to senior government positions,” he was quoted saying.

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