Motsamai Demands P2m Payment From BOPEU
Monday, December 11, 2017
Motsamai, who spent close to a decade as the larger-than-life BOPEU president, filed his suit on November 29, 2017 through attorney Gabriel Kanjabanga.
Justice Abednego Tafa is presiding over the matter. Motsamai’s contract was controversially terminated on September 11, 2017 after “serious consideration, by, and according to the BOPEU board before his 10 days suspension came to an end.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...