Improvement of pension denominator in the army to impact lives – Masisi

Masisi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Masisi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The recent improvement of the pension denominator for the military is expected to have a much broader impact in the lives and families of the army personnel. President Mokgweetsi Masisi told senior military officers Wednesday this week at Glen Valley Barracks.

Masisi on March 11, 2024, issued a directive for the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) pension denominator to be improved from 600 to 375 points.

This has been an outstanding issue since 1998, when the government improved pensions for the public service. The President made the remarks officiating the just ended 19th senior officers’ strategic conference held under the theme: ‘Reshaping the organisation for high performance through mindset change specific to enhancing service delivery."

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