Nasha delays Jamali trial :: Mmegi Online

A statement by Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Margaret Nasha to the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has been cited as one of the reasons why the corruption trial of businessman Sayeed Jamali and Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Victor Rantshabeng, has been moving at a snail's pace.

The Village Magistrate court heard yesterday that Nasha, the former minister of lands and housing is a key witness, among the 39 witnesses in the trial of the duo. Dates are yet to be set and the defence was told about a month ago that her statement was being typed. Rantshabeng, Jamali and a company called Universal Builders are in court facing three counts of corruption. Rantshabeng is said to have failed to declare his interests in Universal Builders in relation to a land transaction of two plots at Block 6, and another plot in Maruapula in Gaborone.

Rantshabeng is accused of having influenced the then minister Margaret Nasha to allocate the said pieces of land to the company. The two are out on bail.

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