Local businessman arrested in Rwanda

A Gaborone businessman was arrested and arraigned in a court in Kigali, Rwanda last week for financial crimes, Mmegi is reliably informed.

Reports are that the man (known to this paper) appeared for mention last Thursday but it is not yet clear whether the Rwandan authorities will allow him to travel home.

Sources close to the businessman allege that he was arrested in connection with a bank transaction involving hundreds of thousands of Dollars.

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In the 2014 General Election, women who stood for parliamentary elections were a mere 17 out of a total of 192 aspirants, and sadly the number dropped to 11 out of 210 parliamentary aspirants in the 2019 General Election. Hopefully, registration of the Women in Politics Caucus will give women the necessary support to join politics. While things were slowly improving, women for a long time were at the receiving end as compared to their male...

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