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Katlholo spills the beans

Tymon Katlholo
Tymon Katlholo

The sum total of former Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) director general Tymon Katlholo’s recent conference presentation is a scathing indictment of governance under the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) administration led by former president, Mokgweetsi Masisi. Writes Correspondent KABO RAMASIA

The erstwhile director general of the DCEC, Tymon Katlholo, alleges that during this period the graft-busting agency was infiltrated, impunity became entrenched, institutions were weakened, and innocent citizens were persecuted on trumped-up charges in the absence of evidence.

Katlholo has publicly detailed what can be described as the “shenanigans” the nation endured under the Masisi presidency. Speaking at the Botswana Peace Conference & Festival held in Gaborone last week, Katlholo presented a paper entitled “Living in perpetual fear: The swelling incidences of crime and corruption”.

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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