Keorapetse wants interdicted security officers to get full pay

Keorapetse PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
Keorapetse PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO

Selebi-Phikwe West MP, Dithapelo Keorapetse has gazetted private member’s draft Bills for the Botswana Defence Force (BDF), Botswana Police Service and Botswana Prisons Service with the intention for interdicted officers to continue receiving full pay and benefits.

The Bills want to amend the Acts of the three security organs.

The amendment Bills were gazetted on April 21, 2017. In the BDF (Amendment) Bill, “the object of the Bill is to bar the making of deductions of the pay of officers and soldiers of the Botswana Defence Force by reason of such officers or soldiers being the subject of disciplinary proceedings within the Botswana Defence Force or by reason of facing charges before a Court martial or criminal charges before a Court of law”.

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