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BDP regime spent P167.7m on 100,000 plots

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 440 Views |

The previous Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government splashed a staggering P92.7 million on surveying alone in its controversial 100,000 plots allocation campaign, Parliament heard on Friday.

Responding to questions from Molepolole North Member of Parliament (MP) Arafat Khan, the acting Minister of Lands and Agriculture Edwin Dikoloti laid bare the costs behind the headline-grabbing programme initiated in 2022.

“In order to meet the requirements of the Botswana Land Policy of 2019, which provides that plots should be allocated after survey, the then Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs, in August 2022, floated a tender for the survey and examination of the records,” Dikoloti told Parliament.

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BDP regime spent P167.7m on 100,000 plots

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