The security tension between the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) and Tourism Intelligence Services played itself in Parliament on Thursday and Friday parliamentary debates. The Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation Tshekedi Khama vented out his frustration on how the DISS is always favoured ahead of his ministry’s needs. In his response to the debate on his ministry’s budget, Minister Khama decried that they are unable to compensate farmers because of shortage of funds while the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development easily approves supplementary funding for DISS. The outspoken and militant Minister Khama said the country has its priorities wrong if they consider computers more valuable than human life. “We have people who have their relatives killed by wild animals while others have their crops destroyed. We are failing to compensate them due to lack of funds, yet we can splash over P15 million into DISS coffers,” he hit out, adding that it is totally wrong. Minister Khama said over the years they have asked for supplementary funds to compensate people whose livelihood were disrupted by the wild animals but were told there was no money yet government has the audacity to give money to DISS with…