Erroneous payment of housing allowance to judges

The media recently reported new evidence suggesting that a further three judges of the High Court of Botswana have been erroneously paid housing allowance. It is reported that the said payments were made whilst the said judges had official housing allocated to them and were therefore not entitled to the said allowance.

This payment is reported to have continued in at least two cases over an extended period, covering years.

In August 2015 reports surfaced that the Chief Justice (CJ), in his capacity as Chairman of the Judicial service Commission (JSC) had laid a complaint with Botswana Police to investigate a possible charge of theft or other related offence against four High Court judges who were similarly circumstanced as the above udges.

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