Govt owes Avani P6.2m for MPs accommodation

Avani Gaborone PIC. AVANI
Avani Gaborone PIC. AVANI

The Public Procument and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) disapproved the National Assembly’s retroactive approval request to pay Avani Hotel Resort and Casino the amount of P6,217,751.25 for accommodation and meals of Members of Parliament and their spouses from October 31, to December 20, 2019.

The board decision was taken in the March 5, 2020 Parliament sitting.

On December 2019 the Office of the President (OP) informed members of the public that, since the Parliamentary Village that ought to accommodate Members of Parliament is currently under renovation following the departure of former tenants, the National Assembly had no option but to house the newly elected legislature at a hotel in Gaborone.

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