Paledi told The Monitor on Thursday that his civil service spanning more than two decades ended last week. “I was hired on a contract which ended last week but it was not renewed,” Paledi briefly confirmed to The Monitor.
The embattled former top civil servant is currently facing some criminal offences together with other bigwigs. Paledi is alleged to have aided former president Ian Khama and former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) boss, Isaac Kgosi, to acquire ammunition and weapons of war. Sources told The Monitor that the charges are the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Before his sojourn at MYSC, Paledi was the Director-General of Botswana’s corruption-busting agency, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC). In 2019, he was also transferred from the DCEC to the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security as the Secretary for Defence, Justice and Security. Paledi cut his teeth in the public service at the Botswana Police Service (BPS) where he rose through the ranks and attained the position of assistant commissioner, his highest in the police service.
