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DIS oversight bodies dead
The Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Dikgang Makgalemele was caught in a difficult position on Friday when answering questions on the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS). When asked about the members of the Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence Makgalemele named MPs Ndaba Gaolathe and Shaun Nthaile as some members of the committee. Before he could sit down, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) chief whip Wynter Mmolotsi stood on a point of correction and pointed to the minister that Gaolathe and Nthaile have declined to sit in the committee.In response Makgalemele said that he was not aware that the two declined to sit in the committee. He was also at pains to explain who the chairman of the committee was and whether it has met since it was elected in 2014. “Mr Speaker what I know is that the last chairperson of the committee is the Member of Parliament for Gaborone South Kagiso Molatlhegi and since he was appointed deputy speaker no one has replaced him,” said Makgalemele, adding that this has led to the failure of the committee to meet. Asked the number of reports that the committee has tabled before Parliament as required by the…

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