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Morupisi in fresh corruption allegations

DCEC investigations allege that Morupisi coerced a senior official at Finance ministry to authorise payments to a supplier over a weekend. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
DCEC investigations allege that Morupisi coerced a senior official at Finance ministry to authorise payments to a supplier over a weekend. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Carter Morupisi who is currently serving a prison term, is allegedly yet again at the centre of allegations of a corruption scandal.

According to a leaked Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) docket, he is facing a charge of corruption as the graft-busting agency has preferred charges against him alongside six others including former minister of Tourism, Tshekedi Khama.

Morupisi is currently serving a seven-year jail term for two counts of corruption and one for money laundering involving ‘abuse’ of office in the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) saga.

Editor's Comment
Deadly weekend demands immediate vigilance

The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...

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