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BDP accused of targeting Khama, Dow

Dow PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Dow PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

As legislators took turns to debate the Constitution (amendment) bill in Parliament this week, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has been labelled as ‘self serving’ and further accused of using the bill to target certain individuals.

State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng presented the draft bill for a second reading this week, but most opposition MPs have rejected the bill indicating that it doesn’t reflect Batswana’s views and is rather meant to target individuals.

In the draft bill, there is a proposal to have Clause 16 of the bill amending section 68 by disqualifying a Specially Elected Member (SEMP) from holding the seat if they resign from the political party they were a member of at the time they were so elected.


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Commitment by DPP to fight corruption welcome

Whilst many citizens put trust in their leaders that they are tackling one of the worst curses that can befall a country, the public has lost trust after all the cases seemed not to go anywhere.As the saying goes, ‘corruption is a cancer that eats away at the fabric of society’; corruption affects effective governance.Corruption affects delivery of services to the public and also crumbles most systems meant to assist citizens who are very...

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