
The narrative has changed. Government won’t cave in for any blame – choosing to go even against the concessions it made in the past. And the problem – opposition MPs keep on asking the same questions over and over again. Francistown South MP Wynter Mmolotsi did just last week when he brought back to the floor of Parliament the question he had asked in 2011 about the funding of Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS). While previously the then Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded to some mistake in transferring funds from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) to DISS the Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Phillip Makgalemele found nothing wrong with that. The MP for Francistown South Wynter Mmolotsi wanted to know whether the money that was transferred from the Disaster Fund to DIS has ever been returned, and if so when and how was this done. In his answer Makgalemele denied that funds were ever transferred to DIS from the Disaster Fund. “However money from the Disaster Fund was used to assist in the setting up of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security as it was a new organisation which…