More than P7m in Gab south poverty projects
Monday, April 07, 2014
In the financial year 2012/2013 the council spent a total of P7,090,000 on poverty eradication projects in one constituency out of a budget of P11 million for the whole district of Gaborone.
Well over P7 million was spent on 139 poverty eradication projects in the Gaborone South constituency despite each constituency being allocated only P2 million each financial year.
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