LSB, Motumise against Khama judgement today
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
During the submissions the LSB, who were challenging Khama’s decision, said before the bench of the Court of Appeal that when it comes to the appointment of the Judges of the High Court, the buck stops with the JSC.
LSB senior counsel (SC), Alec Freund submitted that there was no dispute that Khama had the power to appoint as compared to the power to refuse to appoint the Judge, which was a critical issue.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...