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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.

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