The procurement, which was revealed in one of spy unit’s agent Kuda Malikongwa’s lawsuit is alleged to have been ordered by former President, Mokgweetsi Masisi using the DIS to avoid any leak as he was certain the unit operates in secrecy.
It is alleged that the DIS’ Director General, Peter Magosi was in charge of the procurement of the Karakul sheep (number unknown yet) while involving other three spies as signatories.
In new information contained in court documents, it has been alleged that Masisi and Magosi used a company called Grand Technology Resources General Trading that was contracted by the DIS to provide all Botswana boarders with surveillance technology.
“The Grand Technology Resources General Trading is a company that belongs to the Afghanistan national who was used to procure the Karakul sheep,” read the papers.
According to the documents, in exchange of giving the company the tender both Magosi and Masisi were allegedly paid with Karakul sheep as their reward of DIS tenders.
The pair has been accused of blowing State funds and using textbook money laundering as they disguised a kickback or source of funds because money could not be sent to them.
The Karakul sheep was disguised payment and the DIS was allegedly being used to facilitate the deals because it operates in secrecy.
“The DIS was used to launder the money as it has the cover of immunity. The Attorney General and the Ministry of Agriculture do not know about these transactions and where the sheep are located,” reveals new information.
It has been further alleged that the sheep were then smuggled and delivered at a place only known by Magosi and Masisi.
On the secret transactions and use of United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the sheep was said to have been purchased from Uzbekistan by Afghanistan national.
It is said that the money was paid to the UAE because Dubai is an international money capital unlike Uzbekistan and Afghanistan which are classified as centres for money laundering and terrorism by international organisations.
So, apparently Dubai was used to avoid institutions monitoring money laundering and terrorism.
On Malikongwa’s court documents who is suing State for over P2m for unlawful arrest and detention, she alleged that Magosi had verbally ordered (over the phone at the time he was in the presence of the potential service providers) her to ensure the purchase, with State resources, of farm animals, namely Karakul sheep, from among other countries, Uzbekistan.
She revealed that she was instructed to bypass all government procurement procedures and reporting lines and the supplier, in the corrupt and unlawful transaction, was an Afghanistan national with existing contractual ties to the DIS.
“The DG specifically ordered me that no one should know about the procurement and that the Attorney General, the Permanent Secretary (State President), as well as my immediate superior, Director Legal - Pulane Kgoadi, were to be kept in the dark about the transaction,” she said.
Malikongwa also indicated that the sheep were to arrive at a location to be disclosed by Magosi and that he disregarded the fact that her role was not to procure but to draft contracts and ensure compliance. She alleged that she refused to perform the order leading to frustration on the part of Magosi and severe tongue lashing(s) by him.
“The Director General refused to give any written mandate for the instruction and further refused to follow internal procurement procedures, national and international laws. He stated that the unlawful and unprocedural procurement of the Karakul sheep had been ordered by the former president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and that the procurement had not been executed due to financial constraints,” she revealed.
The agent also stated that Magosi had further instructed that only the Directorate's Chief of Staff should know about the transaction and that she was provided by Magosi with, and in fact met with external agents appointed by him, to facilitate the procurement.
She alleged that as a result of her stalling which infact was a refusal to perform the corrupt and unlawful instruction, Magosi removed her from the contract and allocated it to a junior officer to ensure its conclusion further bypassing the Head of Legal.
