Mogwera, Galekhutle Secondment To Bopeu, A Transparent Process, Court Papers Reveal
Monday, August 06, 2018
BOPEU treasurer Galekhutle
In their answering affidavit BOPEU also denied that they were paying President, and treasurer general salary structures not sanctioned by the union structures as alleged by their accusers.
BOPEU even went at length to show how the organisation pays the allowances of seconded officers, a process they say had always been transparent from time immemorial According to the answering affidavit the seconded officers’ allowances is the difference between his or her salary scale at BOPEU and the salary earned from government. “In terms of practice which existed prior to 2008 the seconded staff is paid a notch above the head of department to which he or she is seconded”. According to BOPEU, the recommendations for remunerations of seconded officers are presented to the National Governing Council(NGC) and CEC in the form of a proposed budget, something they say has been done since time immemorial.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...