Gaborone Mayor admits failure
Tuesday, December 06, 2022 | 3330 Views |
“During the recent rains, we experienced flooding in most areas of the city due to inadequate stormwater drainage structures and backlog in maintaining the existing ones. This resulted in the closure of Segoditshane Road and I thank road users for cooperating with GCC and law enforcement. There is a need to review the stormwater master plan that was developed in 2002 and to ensure that the recommendations of the master plan are implemented. With increased stormwater runoff caused by ongoing developments in the city, we need to engage the Central Government to finance the construction of stormwater drains in the city as a matter of urgency. In addition, our roads, mainly internal roads have long surpassed their design life and as such develop potholes. If funding was available most of these roads could be undergoing reconstruction,” Abraham said.
He added that they are experiencing the same challenge with streetlights, which are also due for reconstruction/reinstallation, especially in areas where wooden poles were used. However, Abraham said they continue to use the meagre resources to do reactive maintenance. For instance, he said they use road levies, recurrent budgets, and community constituency development funds to attend to some of these challenges.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...