Mps unanimous on special beef probe team

If the motion were endorsed, the committee would also perform a forensic audit on the goings-on at the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) from 2006. Rammidi had originally sought the House to request government to establish a commission of inquiry, but at the request of Tati East Member of Parliament (MP) Moyo Guma the National Assembly made an amendment without notice to the motion to make it a Parliamentary Committee to ensure the report would be made available to Parliament.

A three-person taskforce, led by Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, started investigations into BMC operations on October 15, and is expected to have submitted its report by year-end. Presenting the motion, Rammidi said he was aware of the taskforce, but noted that as long as the report is to be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the operation would be an exercise in futility. He added that a three-man team was inadequate to fully get to the bottom of goings-on at the corporation.