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I don’t live in the past – Morupisi

Doubtful: Morupisi’s availability to contest for elections has come under sharp scrutiny because of his court conviction PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Doubtful: Morupisi’s availability to contest for elections has come under sharp scrutiny because of his court conviction PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

FRANCISTOWN: The former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Carter Morupisi, has said that his past criminal conviction, sentence and fine cannot bar him from holding public office.

The former top and powerful government official left the public service ingloriously after he was convicted of one count of money laundering and two counts of money laundering.

Morupisi was recently thrust into the spotlight again after the BPF vetted in him as one of its parliamentary candidates to contest in the renamed Tswapong North constituency Morupisi will have a challenger in former minister, Prince Maele.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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