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Non-citizens in the police, army ranks

Special Constable PIC: BPS
Special Constable PIC: BPS

While citizenship is a prerequisite for one to be employed by the Botswana Police Service (BPS), it has emerged that there are individuals who cheat the system.

This came to the fore last week in Parliament after Defence and Security minister, Kagiso Mmusi, revealed that three individuals were dismissed from the police service after it emerged that they had questionable citizenship.

The minister stated the trio was employed as Special Constables at different stations, as he responded to a question asked by Member of Parliament for Francistown West, Ignatious Moswaane.

Editor's Comment
Accounting officers should be held accountable

Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...

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