Daisy Loo defence brings in new evidence

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The deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Molefi Keaja has completed his testimony in the Daisy Loo case that has been dragging on for quite sometime.

Yesterday, Keaja breathed a sigh of relief after the state prosecutor Wasson Manchwe finished re-examining the case.
All along the court had been made to understand that it was Bitsang Abbey, one of the accused, who instructed Daisy Loo to do some bush clearing and grass-cutting along the Segoditshane Riverbed from Bull and Bush to Gaborone Game Reserve.

However, things took a dramatic twist last week when under cross examination Keaja could not defend that statement (that Abbey is the one who gave the instruction) because of the evidence brought by one of the defence lawyers, Unoda Mack.
This forced the witness to agree that indeed it was Gaborone City Council that instructed Daisy Loo to do the work along the Segoditshane Riverbed. Mack produced several documents and transcripts, which Keaja could not deny.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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