Botswana bottom in budget transparency

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The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) president Duma Boko told Parliament on Wednesday that a recent survey measuring governments’ budget transparency placed Botswana at the bottom.

In his official response as the Leader of Opposition (LoO), Boko said the survey measuring the governments’ budget transparency, was carried out by the International Budget Partnership and covered 102 countries across the world.

“It produced a world Open Budget Index Ranking in which Botswana fares embarrassing low,” he said.

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