New Parliament committee takes charge

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Days when chief executive officers of state corporations could choose to withhold information from the public are over, and such behaviour can earn one a prison term, says the new Parliament Committee on Statutory Bodies established last year. So far, the committee has examined 22 state corporations since it started work early this month and will be examining the last 16 in the next few weeks.

Addressing journalists yesterday, members of the committee led by Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone West North, Robert Masitara, also announced that from next year, the proceedings will be held in public.

"This committee in its resolve to discharge its duty to Parliament and the nation, plans to further leverage its examinations process in the coming year, by conducting its hearings in public, where members of the public and journalists will attend the conduct of the operations and the management of their state corporations, to gain insight into whether or not the duty of trust and stewardship vested upon them and those charged with management, is being appropriately discharged," Masitara said.

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