Marathe was transferred and appointed the Commissioner of Botswana Prison Service, becoming the first female commissioner of the department back in 2021. Then, she had left the BPS as a Deputy Commissioner and returned last year to head the institution that she had served for almost her entire adult life after joining the service at the age of 19 years as a police constable. Looking at the years she served and managed to climb the ladder across the ranks, her dedication to the service, Marathe has earned it through hard work, diligence and commitment. Her courage and fearlessness in the male-dominated environment indeed proved that Marathe is a capable candidate. Giving welcome remarks at the official opening of the just ended conference this week, Marathe pledged to inspire a motivated, high-performing police service in her bid to take the service to greater heights.
She outlined her vision for a disciplined, motivated and performance- driven police service under her leadership. She promised to commit to continuously exploring means and methods of improving police efficiency and effectiveness by amongst others, strengthening community policing platforms, re-engineering and simplifying key processes to be more customer and business friendly, whilst taking advantage of technology and innovation, in an effort to creating a peaceful environment for foreign direct investment and economic progress and prosperity. As one of her top priorities, Marathe illustrated deep concern about police welfare promising that she will do everything to improve their welfare. She pleaded with the President, Duma Boko who was a guest speaker at the conference that conditions of service for men and women in blue to receive his utmost attention. She revealed to be aware of the difficult fiscal environment facing the country at the moment but stated to be confident that the economy will bounce back and current challenges addressed. Marathe further affirmed her commitment to continuously improving police’s internal welfare schemes and to diversify scheme offerings and investment portfolios to benefit police officers. “It is evident that law enforcement achievements are largely attributable to the unwavering support we continue to receive from the government. We are grateful for the support, which mainly comes in the form of significant resource allocation and executive guidance,” said Marathe.
