DCEC Boss Ducks Phiri Questionnaire
Monday, April 10, 2017
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Simbi Phiri
I got exited thinking that she was finally going to respond to the questionnaire I sent to her office earlier. The questionnaire attempted to get the DCEC high-ranking official’s response after she was accused in various local and South African media for possible abuse of office by local investor and South African-based businesman Simbi Phiri.
The businessman had alleged that the DCEC waged a war against him shortly after he had turned down a request from the DCEC deputy boss’s husband, who is a cousin of Phiri, to have a 30 per cent stake in Khato Civils Botswana.
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