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Lands Ministry accused of defying Boko's Bonno project

Boko 3. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Boko 3. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Kanye West legislator Victor Phologolo has accused the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture of defying President Duma Boko’s directive to issue title deeds needed for the construction of 61,000 houses across 61 constituencies in the country.

Last year, Boko launched the Bonno Housing Project at Palapye, tailor-made to provide housing to Batswana across 61 constituencies. He set himself and the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) a target of 61,000 houses. This was against their manifesto target of 100,000 houses in five years.

As the ministry appeared before the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Phologolo accused the portfolio ministry responsible for issuing title deeds of disrupting the roll-out of this project.

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