Another police tender prompts uproar

After Tender Number SP/MTC 0090/2010-2011 was awarded to Gaborone-based Kalahari Fashions, three citizen-owned companies intend to complain to the minister responsible because the development contradicts the government's citizen empowerment and poverty eradication drive, Mmegi has learnt.

This is not the first time a decision to award a tender to Kalahari Fashions has sparked controversy. In 2007, when the relatively new company won a P20-million tender to supply the police with a complete set of uniforms, it faced the wrath of citizen companies.