Modenga Implicated In FCC Illegal Land Sale Scandal
Monday, February 13, 2017
Before the dust has hardly settled down in Modenga’s brushes with the law, he was dragged before the Chief Magistrate Gaedupe Makgatho on Friday albeit in absentia to face a count of using his position to swindle a person out of her money under the pretext that he would facilitate that she be allocated residential plots.
The state alleges that on different dates in April, 2015, in Francistown, Modenga unlawfully and intentionally obtained P45,000 from Karabo Nkwai by falsely representing to her that as FCC’s deputy mayor, he will use his position to facilitate that Nkwai be allocated two plots owned by the FCC.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...