BOT50 will publicise audit report � Kgotlafela
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Charity Kgotlafela PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Kgotlafela was quizzed on how they have been spending their P100 million budget. She said: “I am not in a position to share that at the moment. We are currently at the implementing stage. We are busy executing the projects we set out to do. At this stage I cannot say we have spent this much on this and that”.
However, the controversy-ridden committee said they would make the report public. “After the celebrations we will compile a report on how we spent the budget. There are no secrets; we will share the documents with the public,” Kgotlafela promised.
These are not ordinary times. Yet, history reminds us that this nation has navigated difficult waters before and did so by clinging firmly to the principles of prudence and macroeconomic stability. From independence in 1966, Botswana chose a path few resource-rich countries managed to sustain. Diamond revenues were not treated as windfalls for reckless expansion, but as capital to be managed with caution. The establishment of fiscal rules,...