Tribunal dismisses Thea Khama’s compensation claim

Thea was arrested in 2022 with his husband former Member of Parliament for Serowe West, Tshekedi Khama and his twin brother, Anthony. The trio was allegedly arrested in relation to investigations carried by the DIS into former president Ian Khama's 'inappropriate' possession of 'weapons of war'.

Thea filed a complaint before the Tribunal seeking compensation for trauma and suffering, legal costs incurred for arrest, breach of her right to liberty and free movement and compensation for electronic items being cellphone and laptop. Before a three-member bench of Edward Mwaluka, Tsetsele Fantan and chairperson Justice Godfrey Radijeng, Thea's complaint was dismissed on grounds that her arrest and seizure of her property was in the scope of the DIS investigations.