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Palapye P3.9 billion land scandal

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Palapye P3.9 billion land scandal
Ministry of Lands Management, Water and Sanitation, some officials from Ngwato Landboard and some former cabinet ministers are under the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) radar over the 3 159 plots at Dibokwe Infrastructure Development project in Palapye. The project which started in 2013 with a budget of P3.8 billion but shot to P4 billion is the first of its kind in Botswana as it include 75 kilometres of tarred internal roads, storm water drainage system, 65 km of water reticulation, 63 km of sewer reticulation, four lift pump stations, underground internet fibre network as well as access road to A1 road. Information gathered by this publication has shown that government is sitting on a serious land scandal after some officials allocated themselves plots in the country’s first serviced land project by fronting through their relatives and friends . DCEC is said to have been alerted to the issue after it was discovered that most of the people who were allocated the plots started selling them after a one roomed house was built. “The plots were mostly bought by some senior officials from Landboards and ministry of Lands with one former cabinet minister buying more than 10 plots…

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