Constituency funds a headache for leaders

Some MPs say there are no proper guidelines on how the constituency fund should be used or divided amongst the wards.  The MPs’ concern is that the money is going to divide people in the community because of their different needs.

Each constituency will be given P10 million in the next financial year for projects and councils will coordinate it. “In my constituency, consultations on how we are going to divide the money per ward on developments that they had proposed has failed. This is because other wards have serious needs than others. While some already complain that council favours other wards than theirs, this is so because council secretaries are failing to involve MPs,” Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chief whip Liakat Kablay said.