'Channel DIS money towards combating crime'

Responding to the recent budget speech presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Thapelo Matsheka, Khama said given that crime, drug abuse amongst other social ills are on the rise, the government should be speaking of hiring more police officers, having surveillance cameras that actually work in all neighbourhoods and streets.

“These would tackle part of unemployment and also drastically reduce crime. Speaking of crime, our women and children are now afraid to even walk the streets for fear that they would be raped and mugged. Drugs have found there way into schools, but this seems not to be a priority. A serious budget should reflect this societal problem and a plan to finance efforts against it,” he said.Khama added that police stations were in a state of disrepair adding that working conditions in most of local police stations were crammed let alone the services section.