FCC owns up to the sorghum rot

Friday, June 08, 2018

Guilty- chief public health officer Ookame Kelaeng and chief education secretary Leslie Botsie and Town clerk Mompati Seleka PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

Following Mmegi’s recent expose into the rotten sorghum that the Francistown City Council (FCC) has been feeding schools around the city, the FCC top leadership this week conceded there have been leakages in their supply chain management. Mmegi Staff Writers RYDER GABATHUSE and CHAKALISA DUBE found out

FRANCISTOWN: Francistown City Council (FCC) has this week conceded an array of storage weaknesses attributed to the recently condemned rotten bags of sorghum meal, samp and beans supplied to schools as feed for pupils.

“Within our food supply chain, we do concede that there was where the food was infested,” outgoing FCC town clerk, Mompati Seleka conceded in a broad interview at his office this week.

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