New broom sweep clean at AOMA

Makgonatsotlhe
Makgonatsotlhe

Botswana’s Ombudsman Augustine Makgonatsotlhe has taken the reigns as regional chairperson of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA).

Makgonatsotlhe was last week elected the chairperson of the Southern African region chairperson during the AOMA’s sixth general assembly held in Kigali, Rwanda.  He was taking over from Lesotho Ombudsman and will now sit in the AOMA Executive Committee as a representative of Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

This means that Botswana has assumed both the chairpersonship and secretariat of the southern region for years ending 2022.  

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

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