Govt sued for P10m spying equipment

A multi-million Pula tender in which the government is being sued for allegedly failing to honour contractual obligations with the company that supplied the Botswana Police Service (BPS) with spying equipment has been set for trial at the end of November.

Dukef Holdings (Pty) Ltd, which specialises in military equipment, won the tender valued at US1,529,000, about P9,938, 500, for the supply, delivery and installation of GSM Cellular and computer systems with encryption types A:5, S:52 and A5:3 for BPS. 

The company was awarded the controversial tender on 8 May two years ago. The equipment was to be used to eavesdrop on the cell phone and electronic mail conversations of citizens without detection.

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