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Kgosi increases his wins against DIS

Former chief spy, Isaac Kgosi scored yet another victory against the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) this week, increasing the number of judgments that have gone his way in the long running battle with the State. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Former chief spy, Isaac Kgosi scored yet another victory against the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) this week, increasing the number of judgments that have gone his way in the long running battle with the State. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Former chief spy, Isaac Kgosi scored yet another victory against the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) this week, increasing the number of judgments that have gone his way in the long running battle with the State.

Justice Zein Kebonang of the Gaborone High Court ordered the DIS to return the guns and ammunitions they long seized from Kgosi’s residence in 2019.

“The confiscation of these firearms, ammunitions and licences was therefore without just cause, unlawful and illegal. DIS simply took the law into its own hands in seizing them,” he said. Justice Kebonang ordered that the guns be returned with immediate effect explaining that they were legally acquired especially that the Botswana Police Service (BPS), cited as the second respondent in the matter enabled the guns’ registration.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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