Official figures gleaned from a document presented before Parliament entitled “Outsourced Payments 2019-2022 (January to December of each year)” shows that
Lawyers for former president, Ian Khama, on Thursday argued for a stay of proceedings against him at the Gaborone Regional Court, as he continues his quest for legal redemption against 14 counts of unlawful possession of weapons.
As President Mokgweetsi Masisi turns five years in office tomorrow, there are so many takeaways from his presidency so far but no one can ignore how security organs under his government staged the arrests of high profile suspects “movie style’ in the glare of the cameras. State agency, the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS), which has been behind almost all high profile arrests under Masisi, has been accused of publicising arrests in most instances. Mmegi Staffer MOMPATI TLHANKANE compiles high profile arrests under Masisi’s administration.
l Kgosi refuses to take plea
l PSP, Rose Seretse amongst those to testify against KgosiSHARON MATHALA
Staff WriterA corruption docket dating as far back as 2009 by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) finally reached the High Court this week, with the former director general of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Isaac Kgosi being slapped with a charge for receiving a bribe from electronic company Vlatacom D.O.O. According to prosecutors, Vlatacom D.O.O paid about P687,281.29 to Kgosi as a reward for having influenced the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) to award tenders to the company worth millions.
According to the charge sheet, Kgosi, “indirectly accepted for himself the sum of P687,281.29 from Vlatacom D.O.O as valuable consideration for having used his influence in recommending that PPADB sanction direct appointment of Vlatacom D.O.O to provide countrywide communication infrastructure, supply of electronic ID card production