Justice Walia refuses to recuse himself
Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Judge Walia
On Monday, Walia ruled that he would not be stepping down from the matter as requested by defence attorney Friday Leburu.
“I am afraid there are no reasons as to why I should recuse myself and I won’t be doing that. The application for recusal had no merits,” he said.
It is also hurting that whilst we all know that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) is charged functionally with the duties to investigate all forms of crime, some locals have resorted to taking the law into their own hands. It is very wrong to do that. There is also a possibility that one may wrongfully take the life of a person in the process, unless it is a justifiable case of self-defence. Recently, in the city of Francistown, some locals found...