Airport debate won't take off yet

Members of Parliament (MPs) were yesterday still grappling with the section of the Finance and Audit Act under which they are supposed to debate the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Upgrading and Expansion Project (Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)) (Loan Ratification) Bill.

The Bill seeks to ratify an agreement entered into between the Botswana government and Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), based in Sudan, for the purpose of facilitating the financing, in part, of the upgrading and expansion of Sir Seretse Khama International Airport.

The debate on the loan was adjourned last week when Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Guma Moyo, could not explain what Section of the Finance and Audit Act was to guide the House on the matter. 

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