BDP cadres relieved as Kgosi exits, but

FRANCISTOWN: The sacking of former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) director general, Isaac Kgosi has reportedly come as a relief to ruling party members who the party and government spied upon.

For a long time, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) cadres have been complaining that the party’s top leadership was spying on them. Just about two years ago, when he was the vice president and ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairperson, Mokgweetsi Masisi shockingly let the cat out of the bag by revealing that “the BDP was spying on its errant members and will come down hard on democrats who spill sensitive party information to outsiders.”

He did not specifically state which spy agency the party and government would use to spy on members but it has been an old party members’ concern that the DIS was used on them.

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