Gov't to reimburse Khama

According to the judgment delivered by Justice Gabriel Komboni on August 4, 2021, Masisi’s refusal to grant Khama the use of a government aircraft was unlawful. Komboni declared that from now onwards Khama is entitled to using government-owned modes of transport and Masisi is not empowered to deny the former president such entitlement. “In other words, the President cannot refuse to fund first-class international air travel for the former president except one that exceeds the prescribed four trips. It is also clear that the President cannot refuse to pay per diem for the international trips. His role is to determine the amount of per diem for the trip,” further read the judgment.

The applicant, Khama was seeking review of Masisi’s refusal to grant him the use of government-owned transport, particularly aircraft. The other impugned decisions were those that denied Khama the benefit of international air travel to India and the withdrawal of security detail by the Director-General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, Peter Fana Magosi in respect of the said trip to India.