Mogae house defects to be fixed

Department of Electrical, Engineering and Building Services (DEBS) cannot carry out scheduled maintenance at former president Festus Mogae's retirement home in Pakhalane because of financial constraints.

The house, whose construction was initially budgeted at P14 million but later escalated to P20 million, was completed and handed over to government in 2008.

However, DEBS' principal public relations Morwalela Kesalopa however says with the establishment of Ministerial Technical Units (MTU) the situation should improve "because maintenance plans will be drawn and where possible service providers would be engaged on yearly contracts to carry out routine maintenance of key installations such as air conditioning".

Editor's Comment
Oh what a State funeral!

That rare sight deserves heartfelt praise, not only for President Duma Boko and his administration, but also for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the Mogae family, and the entire country.President Boko’s decision to grant a full state funeral to a man who belonged to a rival party was a mark of true statesmanship. He recognised that national leadership carries a weight that belongs to the whole...

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