Commenting on the issue in Parliament yesterday, he said that there is no need to build army barracks at State House as there is no imminent security threat to President Ian Khama. He said that three former presidents stayed at the State House before Khama, hence there was no need to spend P5million to build the barracks at a time when the country's economy was going through a recession.
He was convinced that there were many avenues that could still be explored to increase government revenue-base instead of introducing VAT. He said that currently, ministers have two vehicles each and, as a temporary arrangement, they could distribute their spare vehicles to other government departments. Mmolotsi said that there was much lavish spending in government, which was why he would not support the VAT increase. He said a minister recently told Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers that their salaries were far below his dog allowance and that they were nothing to him. He said unnecessary allowances for ministers should also be reviewed.
