Radijeng appointed DIS Tribunal Committee chair
Saturday, May 29, 2021
The tribunal Committee on Intelligence and Security has not been operating for a very long time, something which Members of Parliament were not happy about. The appointment came after Justice Dr Zein Kebonang took a prolonged leave of absence in December last year, Kebonang then wrote a letter to the President informing him that he was stepping down from the position.
The MPs’ concern was that Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) was not accounting to any committee except Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and therefore there was need for the Tribunal Committee to be there in order to hold it accountable.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...