Botswana awaits evidence in Fengyue Glass project
Monday, May 11, 2020
Reading a response on behalf Attorney General Abraham Keetshabe, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Stephen Tiroyakgosi recently told Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that a request for mutual assistance was sent to China in February 2012 regarding the BDC-Fengyue Glass Botswana. “We are still awaiting evidence,” Tiroyakgosi told members of the committee. The DPP also said another request was sent to Germany and Denmark in 2013 for BDC and Can Manufacturers Botswana.
Evidence was long received and was sent to Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), Tiroyakgosi said. “The office of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime has not returned the file for assessment and prosecution,” he said.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...