Shake up in the judiciary
Friday, February 07, 2025 | 220 Views |
Ketlogetswe PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government has set 100 days to make significant changes in the country and as the first 100 days come to an end this Sunday, the verdict will be out.
For the Judiciary significant change has been made with the ushering in of the new Chief Justice and there have been hints that a new constitutional court is about to be set up. At the start of the year during the burial of a Mosarwa tribesman, Pitseng Gaoberekwe, President Duma Boko took a swipe at the Judiciary in not so much words saying” It is rotten to the core” and there is a need to be change.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...