UP the pace of projects delivery
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | 240 Views |
Gaborone CBD
In their budget review BOPEU acknowledges the attempt by our policy-makers to identify an economic growth rate that is optimal in addressing social ills such as unemployment, income inequality and poverty. “Hence, we believe that implementing Ministries need to significantly increase the pace for project implementation to ensure that the funding that has been provided for development initiatives is used as intended and cost effectively in order to achieve national priorities and strategic objectives”.
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...