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Police embroiled in P17 million tender corruption allegations

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Controversy is brewing at the Botswana Police Service (BPS) multi-million VIP protection motorbikes tender as allegations of corruption have come to the fore. Bowing to pressure, the police may have awarded the P17.6 million pula tender to a shelf company, sources allege.

The BPS has admitted to blunders with the procurement of the motorbikes but denied they flouted any process in the awarding of the tender.

An excuse is that the BPS was under pressure to deliver the VIP protection bikes following the visit of seven heads of State and their representatives from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Zambia, Eswatini and Niger joining President Mokgweetsi Masisi for the recent US-Africa Business Summit hosted here recently.

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Police embroiled in P17 million tender corruption allegations

Controversy is brewing at the Botswana Police Service (BPS) multi-million VIP protection motorbikes tender as allegations of corruption have come to the fore. Bowing to pressure, the police may have awarded the P17.6 million pula tender to a shelf company, sources allege.

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