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Morupisi in fresh corruption allegations

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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.

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