UDC responds to BCP
Friday, September 23, 2022 | 40 Views |
Moeti Mohwasa. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The UDC has four affiliates, the BCP, the Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF). Lately, the UDC and the BCP marriage has apparently been rocky, sparking exchanges of words officially and non-official on social media platforms.
This week, the UDC president Duma Boko gave the BCP Members of Parliament (MPs) and councillors an ultimatum, which forces them to choose between the UDC and the BCP.
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...