Khama wants DIS punished for 'lies'
Monday, August 22, 2022 | 4490 Views |
Ian Khama
Khama, through his attorney Unoda Mack before the Court of Appeal, said on Friday that the spy unit should be punished with punitive costs for concealing information before the courts.
According to the former statesman, the DIS had on November 19, 2021, filed an urgent application before Justice Chris Gabanagae of the Gaborone High Court seeking a search warrant for his house in Extension 5 referred to as State House Number 4.
But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...