Speaking at a fully packed press conference and public lecture organised by the Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) in Gaborone last week, Justice Dingake said the constitutional review was a process that must unite the nation. He said that if the process divided the nation, then it would have failed. He said the Constitution was a political process as well as a legal process.
Dingake stated that it was a political process in that the nation gets consensus from people that a time to review the Constitution has come, and the political leadership must facilitate that process. Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a ‘siren’ on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a ‘red flag’. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be…
