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Bruno Paledi’s headship of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) was doomed from April 1, 2018.

He was viewed, by naysayers, with suspicion as a supposed Khama deployee, having been appointed on the eve of the prince’s exit from the number one office. He did little to fight the perception. The DCEC’s handling of the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) matter, under his guard, did not help matters.

Key transactional people allied to the old order were spared responsibility for their actions while the DCEC unashamedly opened fire on lowly unconnected. Bakang Seretse and the NPF accused became the scapegoats and the face of all the DCEC were against.

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