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DISCLAIMER Uno cial Hansard This transcript of Parliamentary proceedings is an uno cial version of the Hansard and may contain inaccuracies. It is hereby published for general purposes only. The nal edited version of the Hansard will be published when available and can be obtained from the Assistant Clerk (Editorial). THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER The Hon. Phandu T. C. Skelemani PH, MP. DEPUTY SPEAKER The Hon. Mabuse M. Pule, MP. (Mochudi East)

Clerk of the National Assembly - Ms B. N. Dithapo Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly - Mr L. T. Gaolaolwe Learned Parliamentary Counsel - Ms M. Mokgosi Assistant Clerk (E) - Mr R. Josiah CABINET His Excellency Dr M. E. K. Masisi, MP. - President

His Honour S. Tsogwane, MP. (Boteti West) - Vice President Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Hon. K. N. S. Morwaeng, MP. (Molepolole South) - Administration

Hon. K. T. Mmusi, MP. (Gabane-Mmankgodi) - Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Hon. Dr L. Kwape, MP. (Kanye South) - Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation Hon. E. M. Molale, MP. (Goodhope-Mabule ) - Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hon. K. S. Gare, MP. (Moshupa-Manyana) - Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation Hon. P. K. Kereng, MP. (Specially Elected) - and Tourism Hon. Dr E. G. Dikoloti MP. (Mmathethe-Molapowabojang) - Minister of Health and Wellness Hon. T.M. Segokgo, MP. (Tlokweng) - Minister of Transport and Communications Hon. K. Mzwinila, MP. (Specially Elected) - Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Hon. T. M. Rakgare, MP. (Mogoditshane) - Development

Hon. A. M. Mokgethi, MP. (Gaborone Bonnington North) - Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs Hon. Dr T. Matsheka, MP. (Lobatse) - Minister of Finance and Economic Development Hon. F. M. M. Molao, MP. (Shashe West) - Minister of Basic Education Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Hon. Dr D. Letsholathebe, MP. (Tati East) - Technology Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Hon. L. M. Moagi, MP. (Ramotswa) - Energy Security

Hon. P. O. Serame, MP. (Specially Elected) - Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Minister of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Hon. M. Balopi, MP. (Gaborone North) - Development

Hon. M. Kgafela, MP. (Mochudi West) - Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development

Assistant Minister, Presidential Affairs, Governance and Hon. D. M. Mthimkhulu, MP. (Gaborone South) - Public Administration Assistant Minister, Local Government and Rural Hon. K. K. Autlwetse, MP. (Specially Elected) - Development Assistant Minister, Local Government and Rural Hon. S. N. Modukanele, MP. (Lerala -Maunatlala) - Development Assistant Minister, Agricultural Development and Food Hon. B. Manake, MP. (Specially Elected) - Security

Hon. S. Lelatisitswe, MP. (Boteti East) - Assistant Minister, Health and Wellness

Hon. N. W. T. Makwinja, MP. (Lentsweletau-Mmopane) - Assistant Minister, Basic Education

Hon. M. S. Molebatsi, MP. (Mmadinare) - Assistant Minister, Investment, Trade and Industry Assistant Minister, Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Hon. H. B. Billy, MP. (Francistown East) - Development Hon. M. R. Shamukuni, MP. (Chobe) - Assistant Minister,Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND THEIR CONSTITUENCIES

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RULING PARTY (Botswana Democratic Party) Hon. L. Kablay, MP. (Government Whip) Letlhakeng-Lephephe Hon. Dr U. Dow, MP. Specially Elected Hon. M. R. Reatile, MP. Jwaneng-Mabutsane Hon. P. Majaga, MP. Nata-Gweta Hon. J. S. Brooks, MP. Kgalagadi South Hon. C. Greeff, MP. Gaborone Bonnington South Hon. T. Letsholo, MP. Kanye North Hon. T. F. Leuwe, MP. Takatokwane Hon. T. Mangwegape-Healy, MP. Gaborone Central Hon. S. N. Moabi, MP. Tati West Hon. T. Monnakgotla, MP. Kgalagadi North Hon. P. K. Motaosane, MP. Thamaga-Kumakwane Hon. O. Regoeng, MP. Molepolole North Hon. J. L. Thiite, MP. Ghanzi North OPPOSITION (Umbrella for Democratic Change) Hon. D. Saleshando, MP. (Leader of Opposition) Maun West Hon. P. P. P. Moatlhodi, MP. (Opposition Whip) Tonota Hon. D. L. Keorapetse, MP. Selebi Phikwe West Hon. Y. Boko, MP Mahalapye East Hon. Dr K. Gobotswang, MP. Sefhare-Ramokgonami Hon. C. K. Hikuama, MP. Ngami Hon. K. K. Kapinga, MP Okavango Hon. G. Kekgonegile, MP. Maun East Hon. A. Lesaso, MP. Shoshong Hon. T. B. Lucas, MP. Bobonong Hon. M. G. J. Motsamai, MP. Ghanzi South Hon. K. Nkawana, MP. Selebi Phikwe East Hon. O. Ramogapi, MP. Palapye Hon. Dr N. Tshabang, MP. Nkange Hon. D. Tshere, MP. Mahalapye West (Botswana Patriotic Front) Hon. T. S. Khama, MP. Serowe West Hon. L. Lesedi, MP. Serowe South Hon. B. Mathoothe, MP. Serowe North (Alliance for Progressives) Hon. W. B. Mmolotsi, MP. Francistown South (Independent Member of Parliament) Hon. M. I. Moswaane, MP. Francistown West TABLE OF CONTENTS THE THIRD MEETING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT MONDAY 31st AUGUST, 2020

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SPEAKER’S ANNOUNCEMENTS...... 1

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER...... 1-6 QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE...... 7 APPROVAL OF THE MID-TERM REVIEW OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 11: 2017/2018 – 2022/2023 Sectoral Debate: Chapter 4 Economy and Employment (Group 2) (Resumed Debate)...... 8-43 Monday 31st August, 2020 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Monday 31st August, 2020 assist so that the scheduled road maintenance at Tonota Sub-District is not disrupted. I thank you Mr Speaker. THE ASSEMBLY met at 2:00 p.m. MR MOATLHODI: Supplementary. Ke a leboga (THE SPEAKER in the Chair) Motlotlegi Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente. P R A Y E R S Motlotlegi Rraetsho Mothusa Tona, wa re parts go mo lenaneong gore di rekwe, re ka di solofela leng rraetsho, * * * * le gore re ka solofela gore di tlaabo di tlhatlhetswe leng ka segaeno gore metšhine e bereke? SPEAKER’S ANNOUNCEMENTS Sabobedi, a Motlotlegi Mothusa Tona o lemoga gore MR SPEAKER (MR SKELEMANI): Order! Order! fa a re Tonota is not disrupted, ditsela jaaka tsela ya Honourable Members, I have to inform you with deep Mabesekwa, le maabane ke amogela Short Message sorrow, of the passing on of Mr Obed Itani Chilume, Service (SMS) gore tsela e gopiwe. A Motlotlegi Former Member of Nkange Constituency from 1969 to Mothusa Tona o a lemoga selo se ke yone disruption? 1999. The late Mr Chilume passed away on Sunday 30th Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. August, 2020. You will be duly informed Honourable Members, of funeral arrangements as they come in. May MR AUTLWETSE: Ke a leboga Motsamaisa I at this juncture Honourable Members and everybody Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente, ke a leboga Mopalamente in the House request that we stand up and observe a wa Tonota. Boammaaruri jo bo leng teng ke gore, moment of silence in his honour. those spare parts are supplied by Barloworld kwa South Africa, mme mo nakong ya gompieno ga ba na …MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED… tsone. They have since been ordered overseas, mme tsholofetso e re nang le yone ka gore ba reka through MR SPEAKER: Thank you Honourable Members, you their franchise, ba re di ka bonala mo gare ga kgwedi may take your seats. May his soul rest in peace. Let us e kana bofelong jwa yone. Jaaka fa ke buile, maiteko a proceed Honourable Members, with today’s business re re nang le one ka dipaka tsotlhe ke gore fa go na le starting with questions. bothata mo sub-district e nngwe, sub-district e e mabapi QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER le yone kana district e e gautshwane le yone, e kare fa e na le didirisiwa ya thusana le ele jaaka fa ke ne ke PLANS TO PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL bua. Mo nakong ya gompieno, ditsela di ka nna five NEW GRADER MACHINES AT TONOTA SUB- tsa Tonota di setse di dirilwe ka yone thulaganyo e, ke DISTRICT COUNCIL dumela motlotlegi o a itse. Ya Mabesekwa e a buang MR P. P. P. MOATLHODI (TONOTA): asked the ka yone, mo nakong ya gompieno thulaganyo ke gore Minister of Local Government and Rural Development grader e e leng kwa e ye go e gopa. Ga ke na letsatsi whether the two grader machines at Tonota Sub-District la gore ba ya go e gopa leng, mme fela se ke se itseng Council have broken down leaving only one grader ke gore go mo thulaganyong ya gore ya Mabesekwa le in operation for the entire Sub-District and if so; are yone e ye go gopiwa. Fa tse dingwe tse di tshwanang there any plans to purchase two additional new grader le tsa Chadibe, Borolong, Natale, Makobo le Shashe- machines to replace the ones that have broken down and Mooke, tsone go ne ga nna le gore go ka thusanwa jang. if so, when. Ga e ka ke ya re fa go thusanwa ga tshwana le fa sub- district e dirisa fleet e e leng ya yone, ka gore sotse la ASSISTANT MINISTER OF LOCAL makotšwa lone ga le na kgodu. Ke a leboga Motlotlegi GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente. (MR AUTLWETSE): Thank you Mr Speaker and good afternoon. Mr Speaker, I am aware that there are three HONOURABLE MEMBER: Supplementary. grader machines at Tonota Sub-District, two of which MR SPEAKER: Last supplementary. have broken down. The machines are repairable and in this regard my ministry has no plans to purchase two MR TSHERE: Supplementary. Thank you very additional and new grader machines. While we await much Honourable Speaker. Ke utlwa ke gakgamala the arrival of ordered spare parts for the machines, Honourable Speaker, gore o kare Palamente e le kana arrangements are in place to have Tutume Sub-District e bo e tla e tewa gotwe the spare parts ga di bonale. I

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think it is negligence and ke batla go utlwa Tona sentle Ntlo e gore e rile mo State of the Nation Address sa gore, e le gore machines tse, dikatakata tse, ga di mo November 2019, Motlotlegi Tautona a tlhalosa gore konterakeng ya maintenance, such that fa e senyega re re dirile dipeeletso tse di tswang kwa ntle, Foreign kgone go adimiwa e nngwe ka bonako jo bo rileng gore Direct Investment (FDI), cumulative for financial year re se ka ra dia tiro. Le kwa Mahalapye re na le bothata 2018/2019 e e tshwarang madi a P3.2 billion, e bile jone jo. Ke a tshwenyega thata fa e le gore Palamente gape ke tlhomamisa gore ke kgang e ntseng e le teng mo e ka go ka tla ga buiwa, potso e e tsamaile lebaka le le dipegong tse re ntseng re di dira. kana e bo e tla go tewa gotwe the parts di santse di le mo tseleng. Ke a tlhaloganya gore go COVID, mme a ga le Gape ke tlhalose gore 3.2 billion yo o ne a dirwa na maintenance contract wa this equipment such that e segolobogolo ke dipeeletso tse di neng di le kwa godimo nne responsibility ya original equipment manufacturer go feta dingwaga tse dingwe in the financial sector. Mo to make sure gore equipments are running all the time? go 3.2 billion yo Mr Speaker, e ne e le madi a e leng Thank you Mr Speaker. gore dikompone tse ke tlaa di buang tse 30, ke tsone tse di neng di contribute to the Foreign Direct Investment MR AUTLWETSE: Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa (FDI) e ya 3.2 billion. Ke madi a dikompone tse di neng Palamente, ke dumela gore ke tlhalositse ka botlalo gore, di a batla ka kwa ntle ga lefatshe la Botswana. Ke gone selo se se re emisitseng mo nakong ya gompieno ke gore mo re go buang gore ke FDI. Dikompone tse jaaka ke the spares tse e leng gore mo nakong ya gompieno ga di setse ke buile, di 30. Di ne tsa dira mebereko e le 431 yo, ga di yo gotlhelele mo lefatsheng la Botswana, ga di mo Botswana. Di mo mehameng e e farologaneng. yo kwa South Africa. Whether go na le backup service e Honourable Member, ke a bona o a kwala, I will share e neng e tshwanetse go ka bo e nnile teng, fa the spares with you. Manufacturing; 13 companies, services; 1, di seyo, ga gona se se ka dirwang ke gore di letelwe gore hospitality; 1, agro-processing; 1, mining; 3, tourism; di nne teng. Ga di dirwe mo Botswana, ga di dirwe kwa 1 and financial services 11. Ke tsone tsa investment e e Aforika Borwa jaaka fa ke ne ke tlhalosa. This heavy nnang 3.2 billion. plant machinery e tswa kwa e tswang teng. Ke a leboga Motlotlegi Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente. Gape ke tlhalose sengwe ka go ne go na le sengwe se se neng se le mo go yone potso e ya bobedi gore mo INFORMATION ON SECURING FOREIGN ngwageng wa 2018/2019, se ke ka se tlhomamisang DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) TO CREATE JOBS gape ke gore Lephata la Peeletso, Papadi le Madirelo le ne la thusa go dira ditiro tse di fetang 7 000 ka dipeeletso MR D. L. KEORAPETSE (SELEBI PHIKWE tse di dirilweng tsotlhe tsa FDI, domestic le expansions. WEST): asked the Minister of Investment, Trade and Jalo he, ke leka go supa gore FDI was about 3.2 billion. Industry to confirm whether Parliament or any gathering Ditiro le tsone di ne tsa nna over 7 000, but they were agent of Government or His Excellency the President not directly tsa FDI. 7 000 yo, ke wa ditiro tsa peeletso e Dr M. E. K. Masisi was ever informed by the Ministry e tswang kwa ntle le e e dirwang mo gae le dikompone that P3.2 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) tse dingwe tse di neng di ntse di le teng mme jaanong di was secured and that Seven Thousand (7000) jobs gola. Ke sone se ke neng ke se batla go se gatelela Mr were created as a result since His Excellency became Speaker. President; if so, to further state: E re ke ya kwa pele, ke tlhalose gore dikompone tse (i) names, addresses and other particulars of the di beeletsang di tsaya madi kwa ntle ga lefatshe la companies which set up in Botswana; Botswana, madi a ke a bone, ga se a Puso. Ga go na ape (ii) the number of Batswana employed by each of a a duleng mo Pusong. E bile re na le ditumalano tse these companies and their positions, qualifications, re di dirang le bone Mr Speaker, jaaka re tlaabo re ba professions and/or training; and thusa go bona dingwe gore ba kgone go dira kgwebo mo Botswana. Re na le dithulaganyo tsa gore re bua eng ka (iii) the value in Pula terms each of these companies bone, re se bua jang, re se bua kae. brought as FDI. Go na le information gape e re e bayang in our database MINISTER OF INVESTMENT, TRADE AND ka gore on a monthly basis kana nako e e kgonagalang, INDUSTRY (MS SERAME): Thank you Mr Speaker, go na le mo re go bitsang re re aftercare, re nna re di etela good afternoon. Mr Speaker, ke tlhomamisetsa re bona gore ba dira jang, a ba tsweletse. Information

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ya bokete jo bo bodiwang, ya positions tsotlhe mo DR GOBOTSWANG: Supplementary. Ke a leboga Mr dikomponeng tse 30, qualifications tsa batho le training Speaker. Golo fa Honourable Minister o tlaa lemoga e batho botlhe ba e dirileng Mr Speaker, ga ke na yone gore se o se buang le se se builweng ka SONA, ga in my database. Ke sengwe se e leng gore go tlaabo gore go tsamaelane ka fa go ntseng ka teng. Gongwe o re ke ye go nna fa fatshe le dikompone tse tsotlhe, ke ye go tlhalosetse gore go ka tswa go diragatse eng gore e boe kopa permission ya gore ba re neele information eo, e bo e le gore kwa SONA go ne gotwe 3.2 billion o ya go e tla go buisanngwa mo Palamenteng. dira ditiro di le 7 000? Jaanong wena o bo o re nnyaa di kopakopane le tse di tswang kwa ntle. Gongwe foo o go Mr Speaker, kwa bofelong, ke rotloetse batlotlegi botlhe tlhalose sentle gore go ka tswa go diragetse jang. gore re kopa gore fa le na le sengwe se le eletsang go nna le tsaya dikgang le rona ka sone ka gore mo Palamenteng Sa bobedi, go ne gotwe 3.2 billion o dirile ditiro di le we are limited, ga re kgone go bua dilo tsotlhe re di ala 431. 431! P3.2 billion! E le gore tiro e le nngwefela ka bokete, lebati la rona le butswe malatsi otlhe gore le Honourable Minister e ka tswa e dirilwe ke madi a a ka tla kwa ministry ra tla ra buisana. Le kwa Botswana kana ka eng? Golo foo a ko o go tlhalose sentle, o kare Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), ke a le rotloetsa go a ntsietsa. Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. gore le tswelele le ntse le ya teng. Some of these issues re ka kgona go di bua in detail koo. Ke a leboga Mr MS SERAME: Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. Go raya gore Speaker. Mr Speaker, ke tlaa kopa letsatsi le lengwe re tle go tlhalosa gore dilo tse re di dira jang. Ga ke itse gore ke MR KEORAPETSE: Supplementary. Ke a leboga eng ke sa tla ka SONA gore ke e bale gape gore e ne e Honourable Speaker. Ke a leboga Honourable Minister. reng. SONA e ne e bua gore FDI e ne e le bokae. Go na Honourable Minister, how many jobs can you attribute le gape le fa e buileng ka ditiro teng. Pharologanyo fa to FDI o ntsha domestic investment mo teng? That is the ke gore lona le tshotse dilo tse le bo le di kopanya mo first question. sentence e nngwefela. Jaanong kgotsa re ka bo re ne re tshotse SONA re e bala. The second question; to gauge the value of foreign investment in our economy, ke gore re bo re lebeletse Gape kgang ya gore ya FDI ya gore a 3.2 billion e ka boleng jwa ditiro tse babeeletsi ba di dirang mo dira ditiro di le 431; mo mehameng e ke neng ke e bua lefatsheng la rona. So, ke sone se ke neng ke botsa potso e Mr Speaker, e madi a tseneng mo go yone, go na le bo ya bobedi ya go itse gore mo dikomponeng tse o reng di mining le manufacturing. Kana o kgona go dirisa dipalo 30, di hirile Batswana ba le kae, ba qualifications dife go dira tlhaloganyo, mme o kgona go di dirisa go latlha re lebeletse seemo sa letlhoko la ditiro mo lefatsheng la batho kana go itatlha. O tlaa lebelela gore mehama e rona? Tota ke ne ke batla go itse sone seo, go itse boleng mengwe e e capital intensive; fa o tsena mo mining, jwa teng. Ke a leboga. madi a o yang go a tsenyang a mantsintsi mo go maswe go tsamaelana le ditiro tse di yang go tswa mo teng. Fela MS SERAME: Thank you Mr Speaker. Jaaka ke ne ke jaaka re itse mo Botswana gore madi a mantsi a tswa tlhalositse, mma ke boelele. Kwa ministry Honourable kwa mining mme ditiro tse di tswang kwa mining di Member, mo ngwageng wa 2018-2019, ditiro tsotlhe kwa tlase compared to mehama e mengwe. Ke sone se o tse re thusitseng gore di dirwe mo Botswana di feta 7 bonang ditiro tseo di le 431 mme madi a le kana ka gore 000. Ke rile 431 ke tsone tse di neng di tswa kwa FDI. mo teng go na le bo mining, very capital intensive le bo Gape se ke neng ke se tlhalositse e ne e le gore mehama manufacturing tse e leng gore mo teng go raya gore o ye e ya itsholelo, go na le bo manufacturing, services, go reka machines, mme le yone e a tura. hospitality le mining. Jaanong go raya gore le tsone professions tse di ya go farologana go ya ka gore kana Mr Speaker, ke kopa gore batlotlegi ba letlelesegile go kwa bo mining for example, o ka fitlhela mo gongwe go tla kwa go rona re tle re tlhalose go le goleele kgotsa le na le engineers jalojalo. Ke sone se ke neng ke re tse nako nngwe re tle kwano re tle go tlhalosa le gore FDI dingwe tse go tlaa re re kgone re nne re engage from e dirwa jang, dilo tse di tsamaya jang. Ke a leboga Mr time to time. Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. Speaker.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: Supplementary. BOTSWANA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES’ ROLE ON MR SPEAKER: Last supplementary, Honourable SUPPORTING BUSINESS START-UPS Gobotswang.

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MR T. LETSHOLO (KANYE NORTH): asked the training them on marketing, gore ba kgone go tsamaisa Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security dikgwebo jang, e bile re ba golaganya le dimmaraka, what role the Botswana University of Agriculture and e bong shops jalo, jalo. Re na le thulaganyo gape ya Natural Resources (BUAN) is playing to support and gore re bo re ba gokaganya le ba Botswana Agricultural enable business start-ups; and to further state: Marketing Board (BAMB) gore ba ba thuse ka contract farming. (i) how many start-ups has each of the educational institutions collaborated with annually over Sa bofelo ke gore, re tsweletse re le university gore re the last three years to create new products and bone gore we take them to life skill projects, because services; re ntse re ba fa projects tse e leng gore on average we spend about P200 000 mo go bone. Re batla gore (ii) the products and services referred to in (i) above; re ba godise, re dirise le lefatshe le re nang le lone at and the university ba kgone go dira projects tse di tona. (iii) the value associated with the products and services Ba felele ba tsena mo dilong tse ba dirang processing, in reference. ba kgone go rekisetsa dimmaraka tse di kgolwane. Re tshwaragane gape le ba National AGRO Processing MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL (NAPRO) ka maikaelelo a gore ba tle ba ba thuse mo DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY (MR dikgannyeng tsa bo processing. GARE): Ke a go leboga Mr Speaker, ke go dumedise mo tshokologong eno. Ke supe fela gore Botswana Ke supe jalo gore projects tse re di dirileng so far, e University of Agriculture and Natural Resources ne e le tsa horticulture, go ntsha merogo, piggery le tsa (BUAN), ka boammaaruri e na le thulaganyo e re e dikoko. Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. bitsang re re Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme, MR LETSHOLO: Supplementary. Ke a leboga e e thusang ka madi le incubation gore ba ba fetsang Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente. Ke botsa Tona koo ba simolole dikgwebo tsa bone tsa agriculture le tse ka e bile e le moagisanyi wa ga rona kwa Kanye yo o dingwe tse di amanang le natural resources. Thuso ya Bokone, a ene le ba Botswana University of Agriculture teng ke thuso ya madi jaaka ke ne ke bua ka go tsamaisa and Natural Resources (BUAN), ga ba ise ba bone go le batho tonto-tshipidi kana mentorship ka Sekgoa, le gore botlhokwa gore ba tshwaragane le banana kana bagwebi re ba thusa ka boitsaanape jwa go tsamaisa kgwebo. bangwe kwa ga Ngwaketse, gore ba lebagane le kgang Fa ke e fa sekai; we have an arrangement or ya diperekisi tsa ga Ngwaketse? Re a itse gore mmu wa Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) le Local kwa o ratwa ke diperekisi thata, gore dikgwebo tsa go Enterprise Authority (LEA) ya gore fa re sena go nna dira ditlhatshana le maungo fela jalo di nne teng. re ntse re identify those graduates, ba bo ba kgona gore Sa bobedi ke gore, ka kwa ga Ngwaketse gape re ba ka tla ba ba tlhatlhelela ka tsa bogwebi. Ke supe jalo lemoga gore go meta kana go kala masimo go santse gore e simolotse ka 2010 ka dialogane di le six. Go tla go dirwa ka leotonyana le le dikologang. Ba ba BUAN, go tsena gompieno, re setse re thusitse dialogane di le ga ba ise ba bone go kgonagala gore ba tshwaragane le 36 ba ba setseng ba tsene mo programme eno, ba dira bagwebi bangwe gore ba dirise dingwe tsa sesha tsa go projects tsa horticulture, piggery le poultry. ka baakanyetsa masimo a a ka metwang sentle? Ka gore gatwe error rate ya teng ke 10 per cent, go raya gore Re mo thulaganyong ya go baakanya thulaganyo e gape madi a a senyega golo foo. ka gore re simolotse ka 12 months e le gore motho o tsena mo programme for 12 months. Jaanong re dirile gore ba La bofelo Tona, a mme lona le BUAN, ga le ise le tsene mo programme ya three years gore re tle re kgone akanyetse ga Ranaka, gore gongwe faculty ya lona gore re ba godise. Maikaelelo ke gore mo dingwageng nngwe e ye go nna teng kana kwa Kanye? Ke a leboga. tse tharo tse di tlang, re bo re setse re fetisitse dialogane di ka nna lekgolo mo thulaganyong ya Entrepreneurship MR GARE: Thank you Mr Speaker, ke a leboga Graduate Programme. moagisanyi ka dipotso tseo. Ke supe fela gore as university, kana re laolwa ke resources selo sa ntlha, Ke supe jalo gore mo dingwageng tse tharo jaaka potso gore we push our mandate with resources, mo e bo e e ne e botsa, go setse go fetile graduates di le 18, ka nna an additional mileage as and when re kgonang teng. projects di le 14 mo sectors tsa horticulture. We were Jaaka ke ne ke supa mo karabong ya me, keletso ya rona

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ke gore re atolose selo se, gongwe ga ke na go go raya (ii) their qualifications and how they qualified for ke re Kanye a le nosi. Re lebelele Batswana ka bophara such positions; gore, how can they benefit mo lenaneong le, jaaka ke ne ke bua gore re batla gore lefatshe le la university le (iii) the number of Aircraft Accident Investigators le tonatona le, re kgone go bona ba ntsha dijo le dilo registered and recognised by the Civil Aviation tse di farologanyeng mo go lone. Ke ka moo ke neng Authority of Botswana; and ke bua ka bo BAMB le NAPRO, gore re tshwaraganye (iv) what the ministry is doing to entice more young le bone, go leka go atolosa. Ke dumela gore banana ba people into this field. Kanye ba teng at this university, gongwe mokaulengwe le wena o bue le bone ba kgothale gore fa ba fetsa, …Silence… ba tsene mo lenaneong le. Fela jaaka ke ne ke bua, MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND maikaelelo ke gore re phutholole, re leke gore Batswana COMMUNICATIONS (MR SEGOKGO): My botlhe ka kakaretso ba ba fetileng through university, apologies Mr Speaker for the delay, and good afternoon it is a Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme, those to you sir. graduating ba kgone go dira. (i) Mr Speaker, there are currently two Aircraft Sa bobedi, o ne o botsa gore a ga re ise re akanye go Accident Investigators employed in my ministry dirisa metlhale e e botoka. Go boammaaruri, fa ke bega under the Directorate of Accident Investigation; speech sa rona sa sectoral last week, ke supile gore re simolotse go lebelela metlhale e mesha, including go (ii) The first one is an Aircraft Maintenance dirisa drones gore re leke go dira dilo botoka. Ke tsaya Engineer Licence Holder and a Degree holder, gore ke nngwe ya ditsela tse di ka re thusang gore re with investigation training plus 37 years of kgone go kala masimo re sa dirise leotwananyana. investigation experience. The second is both an Aircraft Mechanic and a Commercial Pilot licence Ya boraro o ne o bua ka ba ga Ranaka, ke tsaya gore e holder, with investigation training plus 21 years tshwana le ya ntlha, a re lebelele Batswana botlhe ka of investigation experience. They qualified for kakaretso. Fa go na le opportunity ya gore re ka bereka such positions by acquiring experience in aircraft le ba ga Ranaka, ba na le sengwe se university e ka maintenance/engineering and piloting as primary tshwaraganang le bone ka sone, re tlaabo re le bofefo, e and other skills such as air traffic controllers as bile re itumela go ka direga jalo mokaulengwe. I thank secondary. you Mr Speaker. (iii) There is no statutory requirement for aircraft INSTITUTIONALISING SATELLITE accident investigators to be registered by the Civil SCHOOLS AT PRE AND PRIMARY LEVELS Aviation Authority of Botswana; therefore, there MR L. KABLAY (LETLHAKENG-LEPHEPHE): are no accident investigators registered by CAAB. asked the Minister of Basic Education if he will (iv) Mr Speaker, my ministry has identified and consider institutionalising satellite schools at pre and trained 11 people in Maun, 12 in Gaborone in the primary levels in order to increase chances of education aviation industry as “ad-hoc investigators”, so that accessibility to children in remote and marginalised in times of major mishaps they can be co-opted to areas. be part of investigation team. Six of those trained Later Date. are under the age of 35. Furthermore, the newly approved functional structure of the ministry will, AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS among others, expand the Directorate of Accident Investigation to cover other modes of transport MR M. I. MOSWAANE (FRANCISTOWN WEST): being rail, road and water and this will further asked the Minister of Transport and Communications to entice young people to be recruited into this scarce state: field. I thank you Mr Speaker. (i) the number of Aircraft Accident Investigators MR RAMOGAPI: Supplementary. Rraetsho, re botsa employed in his ministry and under which gore, a mme dipalo tse o di buang fa o lebile, tsa batho Department; ba ba tlhotlhomisang ba le babedi lefatshe lotlhe la

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Botswana di a go kgotsafatsa, selo sa ntlha? Le gore tsa bone, go itse le gore ba tlhaloganye ka ditsamaiso a go ya ka wena, o bona tiro ba kgona go e dira mo tsa difofane. Ke dingwe tsa dilo tse ke di go fang e le nakong e e khutshwane ka fa go batlegang ka teng? Ka dikai tse re a bong re lebile, re leka jalo gore re ngokele gore tota go lebega banana ba saletse kwa morago, o banana mo teng. Ke lebile thata gore mo tsamaong ya dira go le kana ka eng gore ba tsene ka dipalo tse dintsi nako, gongwe fa e le gore re na le madi a a re letlang, thata? O kare golo foo ga ke a go utlwa o tlhapa sentle. re tsenelele le tsone national and district fairs gore le O wele gore tota o ba ngokela jang, ka gore go tswa foo bone ba ba CAAB ba tseye karolo mo teng. Ke a leboga go tlaabo go batliwa experience e e ntsi thata. Ke one motlotlegi. matshwenyego a Batswana, gore mme ba tlaa tsena jang jaanong fa e le gore ba kganelwa ke experience e e ntsi HONOURABLE MEMBER: Supplementary. e e batliwang. Ke a leboga. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Supplementary.

MR SEGOKGO: Ke a leboga motlotlegi. Ya ntlha o ne MR SPEAKER: Last supplementary Honourable o bua gore palo ya batho ba babedi ba ba tlhotlhomisang Kekgonegile. ba, a e lekane? Mo sebakeng se tota se ke ka se buang ke gore, palo e e santse e kgona ka fa tiro e e lebaganyeng MR KEKGONEGILE: Supplementary. Tanki Mr lephata la bone e ntseng ka teng. Kana tota se re se Speaker, good afternoon Honourable Members. eletsang ke gore, go se ka ga nna le dikotsi tsa difofane, Honourable Minister, kana go na le restructuring e e ga se dilo tse di diragalang kgapetsakgapetsa, e bile ga diragalang kwa CAAB. A the investigators tse, re lebile re eletse gore go nne jalo. Jaaka ke tlhalositse, re na le gore palo ya bone o setse o umaka gore ba a tlhaela e bile ba re setseng re ntse re ba rutuntshitse gore fa go ka nna go na le bangwe fa palo e tlhaela jaana ba ba rutetsweng le tlhagogo e e ntseng jalo ba kgone go tlaleletsa. Se gore ba ka thusa, a restructuring e e ya go ba ama, e ba sengwe se ke ka se supang gape ke gore, kwa sesoleng ama ka bokete jo bo kae? E bile gape restructuring e le sepodise, le bone jalo ba na le bangwe ba ba nang le Tona, e tsamaya fa kae, e fela leng? boitseanape jo bo ka thusang mo ditlhotlhomisong tse di ntseng jalo. MR SEGOKGO: Ke a leboga Motlotlegi Kekgonegile. Gongwe o ne wa se ka wa utlwa karabo ya me fa ke Potso ya gago ya bobedi e ne e bua ka nako e e tsewang bua gore ba ba tlhotlhomisang ga ba kwa CAAB, go dira ditlhotlhomiso. Tota ga ke na epe kgang e ke ba kwa ministry wa me. Le gone nte ke tlhalose ka dumelang fa e na le tiego ka lebaka la gore re tlhokile mabaka; ke gore fa re tlhotlhomisa gongwe go wa ga bodiredi jwa go nna jaana. Ditlhotlhomiso tse di ntseng difofane kana go dirang, ba CAAB ba ka amega. Ga jaana fa gongwe di a tle di nne le fa di tlhokang gore go ba ka ke ba simolola ya nna bone ba ba tsayang karolo ka tsalega tiego e le sengwe se se amanang le boranyane mo go itlhotlhomiseng. Jaanong batlhotlhomise ba mo le go itshwaraganya le ba bangwe ba ba tlhokang go lephateng le le kwa ministry wa me, le le bidiwang thusa ditlhotlhomiso tse, gongwe ba le ka fa ntle ga gotwe Directorate of Accident Investigation. lefatshe le. Fa go na le nngwe e gongwe e tshwentseng motlotlegi, re ne re ka nna le nako ra buisana ka yone. Potso e nngwe ya gago e ne e bua ka restructuring ya Ya go ngoka banana; gongwe nte ke e atolose fela e CAAB. Ke kopa go go raya ke re jaanong o simolotse seng go nna batlhotlhomise. Ke setse ke tlhalositse ka potso e ntšha, e e leng gore gape ga ke ka ke ka tswelela dipalo tse re neng re ntse re dira gore fa re ka tlhoka ka go araba ka yone. Ke tlaa kopa gore o ka ipha nako batlhotlhomise, ba bo ba le teng. Mme kana karolo e ra tla ra buisanya ka yone, kana o ka tla wa tsenya potso ya itsholelo ya difofane e atologile, ba Civil Aviation gape mo Palamenteng, ka tla ka go fa karabo sentle. Ke Authority of Botswana (CAAB) ke bone ba ba laolang a leboga. kgwebo e le ditsamaiso tsa yone. Through activities tse ke nang le tsone mo ministry gape, ngwaga le ngwaga ba ikopanya thata le banana ka dinako tse di tshwanang le tsa bo Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day, Ministry of Communications and Transport (MCT) Week. Se sengwe gape bana ba dikole ba etela gone koo, bogolo jang magorogelo a difofane le kwa facilities

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QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of clarification Mr Speaker INFLUX OF ELEPHANTS INVADING NKANGE CONSTITUENCY VILLAGES HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure Mr Speaker.

DR N. TSHABANG (NKANGE): asked the Minister LEADER OF THE HOUSE (MR TSOGWANE): On of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and a point of procedure. My procedure, ga ke ganane le se Tourism if she is aware that for the past months of June Leader of the Opposition a se buang, e le deliberation e and July 2020, there has been an influx of elephants e dirilweng ke Mothusa Tona yo e seng wa lephata leo. invading Nkange Constituency villages; and if so: Go bo go tla go nna le deliberation e yone jaanong e neng e le potso, e lebagane le Tona wa lephata leo. (i) what are the short and long term solutions to evacuate these elephants from the area; When we debate fa as Members of Parliament re bua tse di builweng ke Matona, sometimes we make (ii) is she in a position to consider a special mistakes, we do not recall things as they are done by compensation package for the huge damages the substantive Minister. So, there is a likelihood ya experienced by farmers; and gore go ka nna le pharologanyo e e ntseng jalo. I do not think it is the first time, it does happen, unless e le (iii) if she will visit the constituency and address the gore that Assistant Minister was acting and answering challenges. on the position of the Minister. If it was just a debate, a MR SPEAKER: Honourable Tshabang. bo a re kana ke lebogela gore go bo go tserwe tshwetso ya gore go thusiwa lephata le ka six months, mme tota DR TSHABANG: Thank you Mr Speaker. The Minister Tona yo o lebaganyeng gongwe a ne a seo, o ka bo a a re o tshwaregile. So, re kopa later date. mmaakanyeditse ka nako eo, a itse gore ga go a tsewa tswetso eo. Then, it is a mistake. Ke tsaya gore gongwe Later Date. they can reconcile jaaka the Leader of the Opposition a MR SPEAKER: Then we go to Motions. Clerk! ne a botsa gore the true statement ke sefe between the two. I thank you. LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (MR MR HIKUAMA: On a point of procedure. Ke a leboga SALESHANDO): On a point of procedure. Ke a go Honourable Speaker. Mme kana go tlhamaletse, ke leboga Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente. Ke ne ke tsaya gore tsamaiso e e siameng is for Honourable re pele ga re simolola, o tlaa gakologelwa gore beke e Makwinja to withdraw se a se buileng, ka go lebega e e fetileng ka Labotlhano, go ne ga nna le ketsaetsego fa le ene yo o sa bueng boammaaruri. A a emelele fela and re bua kgang ya wage subsidy for the tourism sector; withdraw, a bo a ikopa maitshwarelo. Tona wa lephata a re ga go ise go tsewe tshwetso mme ke sengwe se se tlaa sekasekwang. E bo ke re mme HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… kana mongwe wa Matona o ne a supile gore go tserwe tshwetso. MR SPEAKER: Order! Order! Honourable Members.

Ke tshotse Hansard e e supang mafoko a a builweng MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC ke Tona Makwinja a re, “ke lebogela go thusiwa ga ba DEVELOPMENT (DR MATSHEKA): Mr Speaker, bojanala ka subsidy ya six months.” Jaanong ke se ke thank you very much. I think if Members took their neng ka bua ka sone ka re kana go na le ketsaetsego, Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan (ERTP) Matona a tswa Cabinet e le nngwefela, yo mongwe Document and go to Page 18, you will see reference wa tourism o re raya a re ga go ise go tsewe tshwetso, to the extension of the assistance that is part of these yo mongwe o a emelela mo Palamenteng a re ene o a debates and proposals that are recommended to be leboga gore go tserwe tshwetso ya gore go thusiwe ba considered for an extra few months or six months, as tourism ka subsidy ya six months. Mo go rayang gore part of the overall economic recovery programme. So, I between the two of them, at the end, re tshwanetse to do not think they are entirely inconsistent to the extent adopt statement position se le sengwefela. I am more that we are going to come back here and ask for money than happy to hand over the Hansard with the relevant to support what we have placed before Parliament. section highlighted. Thank you Mr Speaker.

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MR SPEAKER: Honourable Leader of the Opposition, Otherwise, we will spend the whole day here and we are go a thusa? running out of time for the Mid-Term Review.

MR SALESHANDO: Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa MR TSOGWANE: Procedure. Procedure ya me ke Palamente, kana re emetse dikgaolo tse di nang le correction ya gore go bo gotwe positions di tharo. Ka batho ba bantsi ba ba beileng mo bojanaleng. Fa ba fa ke neng ke utlwa Tona wa Finance and Economic utlwa Minister mongwe a bua a re o lebogela gore go Development a bua ka teng, o dumalana le Tona wa tserwe tshwetso, re simolola go nna le megala e e seng Bojanala ka gore a re tshwetso e santse e tlaa tsewa, yole kana ka sepe gore madi ao re a bona kae. Go builwe ka a re ga go ise go tsewe tshwetso; e santse e tla tsewa. Monday gotwe go lebogelwa gore tshwetso e tserwe, ka The only difference ke yo o reng go tserwe tshwetso. Friday Tona wa Tourism ene a bo a re tshwetso ga e ise e tsewe. Se ke se kopang ke gore a re ka bolelelwa gore APPROVAL OF THE MID-TERM position ke eng ka gore fa e le gore gatwe plan ke go tla REVIEW OF go kopiwa, ga o ka ke wa emelela wa re mme ke leboga NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 11: gore go be go tserwe tshwetso ya gore e nna six months? 2017/2018 – 2022/2023 That is what I am saying, gore ba ba mo dikgaolong tse, SECTORAL DEBATE gompieno maitseboa ke ba raya ke reng? Ka Monday ke ba reetse ke re Tona a re o lebogela gore go bo go CHAPTER 4 tserwe tshwetso eo, it means re tlaa le fa details. Ka Friday ba bone Tona wa Tourism a re nnyaa, tshwetso ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT ga e ise e tsewe. Fa o utlwa gompieno, Vice President (Group 2) a re go raya gore yo mongwe o dirile phoso, Tona wa (Resumed Debate) Madi ene o emelela a re, ga go a dirwa phoso, go santse go tsamaelwa koo. There is total confusion, different MR SPEAKER: Order! Honourable Members. We statements coming from the same Cabinet. Jaanong, are resuming the sectoral discussion of the National a ko le re tlhalosetseng gore a position ke ya ga Mma Development Plan (NDP) 11: 2017/2018-2022/2023 Makwinja; le rona re mo sale morago re leboge kana with Chapter 4 being Economy and Employment (Group ke ya ga Tona Kereng ya gore ga go ise go tsewe 2). Honourable Members, when the House adjourned on tshwetso kana re sale Vice President morago gore go Thursday last week, the Honourable Minister of Land raya gore Mma Makwinja o dirile phoso or re sale Tona Management, Water and Sanitation Services was still on Matsheka morago gore nnyaa, ke sengwe se se tla tlang the floor presenting and he is left with ten 10 minutes. I se akanngwa. These are four different positions. therefore call upon the Honourable Minister to continue his presentation. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure Mr Speaker. MINISTRY OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WATER MR SPEAKER: Honourable Members, I want to AND SANITATION SERVICES kill this thing because I do not think that it is taking us anywhere. I observed that both Ministers are not in MINISTER OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WATER and since we are dealing with the records, I will rather AND SANITATION SERVICES (MR MZWINILA): pose the questions to them. The debate just goes round Thank you Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, the ministry will and round, it is not going to help us. So, let us wait continue with the implementation of projects supported for the Ministers or one of them to come and we get by the World Bank. In addition to the ongoing North a clear picture as to what is the true position. I have East/ Tutume Water Supply project which is scheduled understood the Minister of Finance and Economic to be completed in August 2021. On the other projects Development trying to clarify, but you still do not know under the World Bank programme; procurement of where the other Member and the Assistant Minister got design consultants for the Selebi Phikwe to Serule the information from. There is no problem with that! Water Transfer Scheme and Boteti South Cluster Everybody would make a mistake, someday or other, has commenced, while construction for Bere and there is absolutely nothing to go home and chat about. Kuke potable water projects is at tender evaluation It is a question of saying, “ah, e ne e le phoso, golo stage. Construction of a potable water pipeline, pump moo ke ne ke sa bona sentle dipalo,” o bo o felela foo. stations and associated works to supply the villages of

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Chadibe, Borolong and Shashe Mooke is planned to be for Ghanzi South and Kgalagadi North was intended to completed in October 2020, while the Design Review commence in 2018, starting with the three components and Tender Documentation for the upgrading of the of Groundwater, Environmental Impact Assessment Sowa Water Supply Scheme is also in progress and it is (EIA) and Detailed Design and Tender Documentation. planned to be completed in February of 2021. The project has experienced delays as the EIA and Engineering Consultancy tenders were disputed by WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION some of the bidders. The tender dispute cases have NETWORKS PROGRAMME been at the courts of law and the EIA case was recently The Water Supply and Sanitation Networks Programme resolved and it is being prepared for re-tendering. The entails development of elaborate potable water Groundwater Component has so far been re-tendered distribution and sanitation networks. The programme is for the third time owing to non-responsiveness by the aimed at delivering both potable water and sanitation bidders. services to the end users. One major project that is Mr Speaker, my ministry has come up with an initiative being implemented under the programme is Maun to carry out in-house drilling and maintenance of Water Supply and Sanitation Network Phase II. The boreholes instead of outsourcing the services in an Design and Construction of a Water Supply Distribution effort to reduce costs. One drilling rig has been procured Network and Sanitation Reticulation Scheme (Contract and will start operations at the Werda Wellfields in 1) commenced in October 2019. The project entails September 2020 for the supply of Werda, Makopong, extension and upgrading of existing water supply and Draehoek and Bray in Kgalagadi South. sanitation networks and development of new water supply and sanitation infrastructure to cover the growth Mr Speaker, still under the Water and Sanitation area for Maun. The scheme is designed to accommodate Programme, the ministry has commenced the the demands for a time horizon of up to 2039 and it is procurement process for Lobatse Water Master Plan, envisaged to provide potable water to all consumers Gaborone Water Master Plan and Moshupa Sanitation within Maun planning area and all its localities within a with the intention to commence works before the end 30km radius, including all future developments. of the current financial year. The Gaborone Water Master Plan will also address some of the challenges The other components of Maun Water and Sanitation in the Mochudi area, specifically Oodi-Matebeleng and project being the Boreholes Connection, Construction Rasesa. of Treatment Plant and Transmission Pipeline; Waste Water Treatment Plants and Connection to Satellite On the other hand, Molepolole Water and Sanitation Villages are planned to commence and be delivered project is currently at design stage, and the construction within the remainder of National Development Plan phase is expected to commence during the next financial (NDP) 11. Once completed, the project will significantly year 2021/2022. The ministry has also completed a improve water distribution and sanitation services for Feasibility Study for implementation of Glen Valley Maun, which will be a major achievement even at the Waste Water Reclamation project through a Public national level since Maun is one of the tourist attraction Private Partnership (PPP). centres. CONCLUSION Other ongoing projects that are scheduled to be completed within the second half of the plan period Mr Speaker, allow me to conclude my presentation are Kanye Sanitation which entails development of by appreciating the support that has consistently been sanitation infrastructure for Kanye, Construction of accorded to the ministry as reflected in the substantial Shakawe Treatment Plant for supply of potable water funding allocation. The gesture clearly indicates that to villages of Shakawe, as well as construction of water the Government recognises the role of land, water and treatment plants at Kasane for supplying the villages of sanitation programmes and projects in socio-economic Kasane and the locality of Kasane, and Gumare for the development particularly with respect to investor supply to Gumare, Tubu and Etsha. facilitation and productivity of key sectors of the economy. Mr Speaker, I move accordingly, and I thank The Kgalagadi North Boreholes project which entails the you Mr Speaker. development of infrastructure to enhance water supply

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MR SPEAKER: Thank you Minister. May I now call • To make Botswana a Regional ICT Hub. upon the Minister of Transport and Communications to present. Mr Speaker, in assessing where we are as a country, we note that we have managed to accomplish key MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND indicators of a knowledge and information society. COMMUNICATIONS My ministry notes with pride Critical National Information Infrastructure in the finance, water, energy, MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND communications, health, public safety and so on, that COMMUNICATIONS (MR SEGOKGO): Mr have grown phenomenally reliant on the use of ICTs. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to present Government plans for the second half of the eleventh National My ministry is responsible to ensure the distribution Development Plan to this Honourable House. of ICT products and services across the country As the Minister responsible for Information and irrespective of geographic location. The Universal Communications Technology (ICT) on the one Access and Service Fund (UASF) has been established hand, and Infrastructure Development on the other, for this purpose. The Kgalagadi, Mabutsane, and I recognize that ICT in particular, and our ability to Ghanzi Districts have benefitted from the Programme embrace it aggressively in the immediate future, is a key in last financial year. The second phase of the Fund will determinant of our future success as a nation, as well as focus in the Kweneng District, focusing on the unserved whether or not we will attain our dreams as articulated and underserved communities. The funding will cover in our Vision 2036. Other aspirations are contained in upgrades of base stations to high speed broadband such global documents such as the United Nations (UN) networks and provision of broadband connectivity in Millennium Development Goals. All these aspirations public schools. are summarized by the often-quoted phrase: “Prosperity for all.” Mr Speaker, Botswana is regionally connected to all neighbouring countries through high-speed optical Colleagues who have spoken before me, and no doubt fibre networks. My ministry has done so through the those who will present after me Mr Speaker, will mention following points: the epoch-making and life changing COVID-19 which has ushered in the “new normal”. My plans in both the • South Africa: three border crossings at Ramatlabama, ICT space, as well as road infrastructure development Pioneer and Tlokweng. must be innovative, aggressive, yet practical and • Namibia: two border crossings at Mamuno and achievable. Ngoma. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS • Zambia: two border crossings at Kazungula and TECHNOLOGY Katimamulilo Mr Speaker, the second half of the National Development • Zimbabwe: one border crossing at Ramokgwebana. plan (NDP) will focus on transformational and disruptive ways of developing and improving the lives These links enable our international communications, of Batswana. Our focus will be on finding low hanging including access to the internet to be more reliable. The fruits which have the highest impact on the Economy. links also leverage the investments which Government This is our contribution to economic recovery. has made into the undersea cable systems on the east Mr Speaker, Information and Communications and west coasts of Africa. Technology is pivotal to Botswana developmental Mr Speaker, my ministry has encouraged the private agenda. My ministry is currently pursuing sector to develop local data centres that will assure data implementation of the overarching development goals sovereignty, and bring about local data cloud which will which can be distilled into three components, namely: be accessible by the local market. This is part of the • To make Botswana a globally competitive, knowledge process of developing Botswana into a digital society and information society; and economy.

• Create an enabling environment for the growth of an My ministry has put plans in place to increase ICT industry; and broadband connectivity within the country, using

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both optical fibre systems and mobile technology. The agencies, and academia in collaboration with the private ministry has connected many businesses, Government sector. Key supporting policies to be developed should offices, and schools to faster communication lines focus on Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Artificial in the “Fibre-To-The Premises” project. Fibre to Intelligence and Big Data among others. the premises infrastructure has been connected in Gaborone, Francistown, Maun, Kasane/Kazungula, Mr Speaker, as part of the Economic Recovery and Selebi Phikwe, Serowe, Palapye, Mogoditshane and so Transformational Plan, my ministry has earmarked the forth. In Kang and Hukuntsi, more still has to be done School Connectivity Project under ICT Programme, to connect 30 additional localities with a population as a low hanging fruit, with the highest impact. This is of more than 5,000. The rollout of Fibre to the Home because the new normal has necessitated... (FTTH) in Gaborone and Francistown, together with MR SPEAKER: Thakadu, gatwe lentswe la gago ga le the deployment of wireless broadband to 193 villages goroge sentle ka gore le kgoreletswa ke tablet. The thing which has been informed by our National Broadband you are holding in your hand interferes with your voice Strategy has been completed. to the machine for recording.

Mr Speaker, in relation to Government ICT, my ministry MR SEGOKGO: Oh! Okay, I hear, thank you sir. Mr has constructed a new Government Multimedia Network Speaker, my ministry will use the School Connectivity that connects all the major towns and villages. The next Project, together with the private sector, as a spring board phase will address connectivity at Government offices for the growth of Information and Communications and essential facilities. We are also doing the following Technology (ICT) use from the grass roots of the to ensure Government customer experience: economy. Below are some of the transformation • Stabilization of Government Accounting and initiatives which my ministry is currently working on. Budgeting System (GABS) and other critical systems. TRANSFORMATIONAL AGENDA:

• restructuring of the e-Government office • Taking Government services online in the next three • putting up of quick win services online. financial years.

Mr Speaker, the Transformation Agenda for the sector • Re-engineering process at Government level, to take remains a very important cornerstone for the ministry. out any duplications. My ministry has placed emphasis on a response to the • Re-configuring the Government ICT infrastructure Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and related concept to cater for working from home by Government of Smart City/Village Strategy (Smart Nation Strategy). officers. To achieve the Fourth Industrial Revolution Strategy, my ministry seeks to provide a framework that enables • Ensuring connectivity of critical sectors of the the transformation of all sectors of the economy. This economy will accelerate the adoption of the Industry 4.0 related • Deliberately growing the local industry so as to have technologies in response to the Fourth Industrial it lead the national innovation agenda. Revolution. In anticipation of this process, we have developed a draft National Cybersecurity Strategy that • Promoting youth and women participation in the will assure the protection of national interests in the sector to ensure inclusivity and growth of the sector. cyberspace. Mr Speaker, at the national level, Botswana has a Mr Speaker, the smart cities use ICT to address complex national fibre coverage in excess of 10,600 kilometres urban/rural problems, for example; traffic congestion, (km) countrywide which connects cities, major towns water leaks, power cuts, poor planning, access to health/ and villages. In that regard, 206 out of 399 localities medical facilities. are connected to high-speed open access network infrastructure. 193 villages, however, still require open The smart city strategy should be developed through access broadband backbone network connectivity. a multi-stakeholder approach covering financing, infrastructure, policies, regulations, skills and An efficient implementation of these programmes will technologies to be implemented by various ministries, ensure that we attain our goals, provide a future for

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Batswana and ensure that we become competitive in the Mr Speaker, the A3 road plays an important role in global environment linking Botswana with Central Africa, as the country is anticipating an increase in freight transport, due to the INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT construction of Kazungula Bridge.

Mr Speaker, my ministry also undertakes major My ministry is implementing two 10-year pilot Output infrastructural development in the country. This include Performance based Road Contracts (OPRCs) in the road infrastructure, railway infrastructure and airport Southern District. Construction of Package 1 which infrastructure. The following are achievements attained covers parts of A10 and A2 from Mankgodi junction by the ministry as it approaches the last two years of the to Jwaneng through Kanye, together with associated National Development Plan 11; access roads stands at 98 per cent complete, and was due ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE for completion in April 2020 but because of COVID-19, the contract had to be extended to November 2020. Road infrastructure development remains fundamental to sustainable economic growth. A number of road Mr Speaker, construction of Package 2, which covers the infrastructure projects are ongoing at various stages of entire B101 road from Rakhuna through Tlhareseleele, progress. Pitsane, Phitshane Molopo onto Mabule and associated access roads, stands at 78 per cent complete, and was Mr Speaker, the major project, among the programme is due for completion in May 2020, but also had to extend the Kazungula Bridge Project, a bilateral project between the contract to November 2020, due to COVID-19 Botswana and Zambia which includes the development pandemic. of a One Stop Border Post (OSBP) facilities, Mohembo Bridge Project, upgrading of Gaborone-Boatle (20 Mr Speaker, it is also worth noting that construction works km) dual carriage, Dibete-Mookane-Machaneng (132 have fallen behind plan again, owing to various reasons km), Thalamabele–Mosu, Charleshill-Ncojane (109 which have since been addressed. These challenges km), Mabeleapodi-Serule. The upgrade of A10 and include delays in compensation for affected properties, A2 highways and Rakhuna-Tlhareseleele – Pitsane – delays in securing mining licenses for aggregates by Mabule are part of the Botswana Integrated Transport contractors, and the general poor site management Project (BITP) which is co-financed by the World by contractors, leading to cash flow challenges. After Bank and the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting completion of construction, maintenance on main roads Countries (OPEC) Fund for international development. will continue until 2024. Mr Speaker, my ministry continues to undertake periodic Mr Speaker, preparations for other road projects maintenance interventions on roads, in order to preserve such as Mogoditshane-Mmakgodi; Mandunyane- roads through reseal/overlay as well as raise the road Shashe Mooke-Borolong-Chadibe-Mathangwane and condition index from the current 62 to at least 80. Tshesebe-Masunga are at tendering stage. Mr Speaker, a number of these interventions are The Greater Gaborone Urban Transport Infrastructure ongoing and visible in various parts of the country. The Improvement Projects was launched during the last successful completion of the above projects can only financial year.The project comprises of Traffic Signals be achieved through a concerted effort from the private Improvement and Centralised Traffic Control (CTC), sector, in particular, the citizen contractors who should traffic signals maintenance as well as the upgrading of demonstrate their desire to complete jobs awarded to three roundabouts along the Western Bypass to become them on time, budget and specified standards. interchanges which will ease traffic flow. My ministry faces numerous challenges primarily My ministry has also begun to design and reconstruct coming in the form of considerably delayed project the A3 road from Francistown and Nata-Mohembo, implementation, excessive time and cost overruns, following the withdrawal of loan from the Chinese and delayed procurement among key areas that we Government by the Botswana Government due to terms are addressing. Generally, we are short of specialist of the loan. My ministry also continues to work on some skills, but the greatest needs are in the areas of project sections of Nata-Kazungula road and Palapye-Martin’s planning, contract management, hydrology, claims and Drift road. dispute resolution. In order to address these challenges,

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we intend to embark on a transformative and change Botswana Railways into profitability in terms of tonnage management agenda. and revenue growth.

AIR TRANSPORT Mr Speaker, currently Botswana Railways is about to award a tender for the feasibility study of the Mosetse- Mr Speaker, Air Botswana has embarked on restructuring Kazungula rail link which will link to the Kazungula project, following a benchmarking exercise that was Bridge Project. Another project which has been undertaken, as part of migration of best practice in proposed under the “Public Private Partnership (PPP)” the industry. The focus of the project is to optimise Flagship is the Mmamabula-Lephalale rail link to ferry the level of resources being deployed against the fleet coal from the coal fields within the Mmamabula coal in operation, to a level where the business remains rich area to markets in South Africa and beyond. The sustainable and operationally efficient. The industry rail link is estimated at around 120 kilometres (km), of averages 50 personnel per aircraft and at current levels, which 56kms will stretch from Botswana side. Whilst Air Botswana was over indexed at 150 employees per the remaining 67km will traverse South Africa, inclusive aircraft. The project costs are estimated at P15 million. of the bridge.

Following the acquisition of two ATR72-600, the CONCLUSION new generation turbo-propelled, aircraft and an Embraer E170 jet, plans are at an advanced stage to Mr Speaker, this concludes the presentation on my secure a second jet on a lease basis which will enable ministry’s proposed strategies, programmes and projects route expansion. With the integration of new aircraft for the remainder of National Development Plan (NDP) completed, the airline intends to include Harare and 11. I now move that the Ministry of Transport and Lusaka from Gaborone, in its route network. As part Communications development’s strategies, programmes of its readiness to secure Qatar Airways, Air Botswana and projects be approved as part of the draft Mid-Term has invested an estimated P20 million on procurement Review of the National NDP 11. I thank you. of equipment and personnel related expenses. The servicing of Qatar Airways bolsters Air Botswana’s MR SPEAKER: Thank you Honourable Minister. May revenue base and helps the airline diversify its portfolio. I now call upon the Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Honourable My ministry, through the Civil Aviation Authority of Moagi. Botswana has embarked on large-scale refurbishment of existing Maun Airport terminal building, to cater MINISTRY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, for the surge which we have observed in the number GREENTECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY of passengers utilising this airport. This surge resulted SECURITY in passenger overcrowding and congestion during MINISTER OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GREEN peak periods. This is Phase 1 of the Maun Airport TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY SECURITY (MR expansion. It is anticipated that after completion of the MOAGI): I thank you Mr Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have refurbishment project, the passenger facilitation and the honour to present to this Honourable House my circulation will be improved by over 50 per cent. The ministry’s proposals for Mid-Term Review of the NDP terminal building refurbishment project commenced on 11. The proposed strategies, programmes and projects 26th April 2019 and was anticipated to be completed by are intended to drive my ministry’s mandate which is to: July 2020 at a cost of P121 million. (a) Coordinate and oversee the development of the RAIL TRANSPORT mineral and energy sectors; Mr Speaker, as a long-term plan Botswana Railways has (b) Promote the use of green technology which relates developed a growth strategy for the period 2019/2020- to, amongst others, the use of renewable energy and 2023/2024. The strategy contains a balance between cleaner technologies for sustainable development; short-term actions, to address immediate priorities and and longer-term actions. This will ensure sustained creation of value for Botswana Railways and its customers, (c) Promote use of a mix of alternative energy sources amongst the key focus areas identified from the growth that will ensure energy diversification and security. strategy. The strategy is expected to turn around

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This mandate cuts across two thematic areas; Economy Five Hundred Thousand (P11, 735,500,000) following and Employment and Sustainable Environment. challenges that the economy is anticipated to face going forward. To date, cumulative expenditure stands at Eight Mr Speaker, my ministry embraces our national Billion, Forty Million and Three Hundred Thousand aspirations as articulated in Vision 2036 pillars of (P8, 040,300,000). This was mainly incurred on projects Sustainable Economic Development and Sustainable under the Power Generation and Distribution, Botswana Environment. Under these pillars, our national aspiration Power Corporation (BPC) Support, Rural Village utilises our natural resources optimally and ensures that Electrification, National Oil Security and the Mineral Botswana will be energy secure, with diversified, safe Industry Finances programmes. and clean energy sources, and a net energy exporter. This will be underpinned by the exploitation of our primary The following programmes and projects were achieved energy resources to meet our energy requirements in a during the first half of the NDP 11: sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. Power Generation and Distribution Botswana’s current electricity demand (capacity) stands at about 600 Megawatt (MW) (Maximum Demand) and Morupule A Power Station an electrical energy demand of approximately 3,290 This station was refurbished, and all the four units are Gigawatt Hours (GWh) for all sectors of the economy now in commercial operation following the successful which includes industries, services and households. This refurbishment of the plant which commenced in demand is expected to increase proportionally with the December 2015 and was completed in February 2020. country’s economic growth up to 1,445 MW (Maximum The plant now delivers a consistent 104MW into the Demand) and 8,637 GWh (Annual Energy Demand) grid after the refurbishment exercise which was aimed at by year 2040, assuming an average Gross Domestic recovering plant degradation after 26 years of operation. Product (GDP) growth of 3.6 per cent. This current electricity demand is met through local generation and North West Transmission Grid imports. The North West Transmission Grid Line project is One of the key energy sector deliverables for NDP ongoing at 90 per cent completion. The project is 11 is increasing self-reliance on the country’s energy expected to be completed by December 2020, and resources and sources. Botswana is therefore looking it will greatly enhance the reliability and security into increasing diversification and supporting the of power supply in the North Western region of the development of the economy by securing competitive, country. Furthermore, this project will reduce reliance cost-reflective and sustainable electricity. As such, the on expensive diesel power generation which is currently country has developed a 20-year Integrated Resource the major energy source for mining companies in the Plan (IRP) for the power sector which will encompass region. projections of future energy demand and development of the least cost energy supply, as well as due consideration Reinforcement of bulk supply points in the southern to the demographic dynamics and level of economic part of the country is progressing satisfactorily well with activity. Whilst meeting projected energy demand, Rakola and Gaphatshwa bulk supply projects having the IRP determined the most efficient, least cost and been commissioned in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Work environmentally friendly energy generation and supply. is in progress to construct three other new transmission The development of the IRP began in January 2019 and sub-stations in Mochudi, Tlokweng and Ramotswa kwa was approved by Cabinet in August 2020. Seoposengwe, which are planned for completion, some in 2020 and some in 2021. REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NDP 11 Village Electrification

Mr Speaker, the ministry was initially allocated a Total As part of the rural Village Electrification Programme, Estimated Cost (TEC) of Fifteen Billion, Four Hundred 402 villages out of a total of 492 gazetted villages were and Twenty Million, Two Hundred Thousand (P15, electrified. This brings the level of rural electrification to 420,200,000) for undertaking various development 82 per cent in 2018/19. A further 43 new villages were programmes during NDP 11. This figure was revised to electrified in 2019/2020, as well as network extensions Eleven Billion, Seven Hundred and Thirty-Five Million, in 72 villages, bringing the level of rural electrification

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to just over 90 per cent. It is worth noting that BPC is Employment executing the distribution projects through prequalified 100 per cent citizen owned companies and consultants Mr Speaker, average employment in the mining industry thus generating employment for many Batswana. as at end of May 2020 was over 17 423, comprising 17, Furthermore, a decision was taken not to ‘skip’ any 003 citizens and 420 non-citizens. The major employers villages enroute to those on the original plan, and further are Debswana 10,459, Khoemacau Copper Mine 2,127, to include production centres like masimo and meraka Morupule Coal Mine 850 and Botash at 470 employees. going forward. Go tewa le boTsonyane. CHALLENGES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF Household Access NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (NDP) 11

As per the Statistics Botswana Survey of 2015/16, the Mr Speaker, My ministry faced several challenges total number of households with access to electricity amongst them: in the country was 598,909. Out of these, 363,471 (a) The Morupule B power station continuing to households are connected to the network bringing the experience perennial plant reliability challenges due electrification level to 61 per cent. to equipment and construction defects. Currently two Doing Business units are in operation generating 230MW. One unit is out of service for remedial maintenance, and the Mr Speaker, my ministry through the BPC has been completion date for the remediation is significantly implementing initiatives to address concerns raised by delayed by the unavailability of contractor’s the Global Competitiveness Report, in particular getting personnel who could not travel from China due to electricity. BPC has put in place initiatives to improve COVID-19 travel restrictions. the turnaround times for issuing quotations by the adopted instant quotation method, and pre-qualifying (b) Seven prospecting companies are currently at citizen contractors and consultants to expedite the advanced stages of exploration of minerals. Most of connection process. As for commercial customers, BPC the prospecting companies have been constrained by is working on reducing the burden to small businesses lack of funds to progress further in their prospecting by reviewing the security requirements and making it programmes or works and/or unable to secure optional for large businesses to procure construction investors to progress to feasibility stage. materials in line with the BPC standards. In addition, (c) Rehabilitation of old mine workings that are being BPC is aggressively pursuing the use of locally identified require to be expedited as they pose danger manufactured products such as cables, transformers and to the life of human beings and livestock. concrete poles as part of the Economic Diversification Drive (EDD) initiatives. (d) Most of the bulk commodities such as coal, soda ash MINING and salt are exported to neighbouring countries in the region. The sale of these commodities are at times BCL Liquidation hampered by lack of rail capacity or inefficiencies in the existing rail infrastructure. Mr Speaker, with regard to BCL liquidation, the process of identifying an investor for BCL and Tati Mines is (e) Illegal mining of sand is leading to degradation of progressing very well. Three companies submitted rivers, and the ministry embarked on manufactured their proposal to the liquidator for consideration and sand as an alternative to river sand harvesting, and it is expected that the evaluation process including awarded prospecting licences for quarry site in 2017. award will be completed before December 2020. My ministry is planning to re-tender the prospecting Government continues to cover the cost of liquidation, licenses by end of 2020. This is a result of failure care and maintenance of the mine, as well as rentals for to develop the sites by the 6 companies that were former BCL employees to preserve the assets while the initially awarded the tender. liquidation process is underway. STRATEGIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF NDP Shaft 3 rehabilitation is complete in the Patayamatebele 11 and progressing well in Matsiloje, and it is expected to be completed by end of December 2020. Electricity Generation Infrastructure

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In implementing the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), study as well as structure private sector participation. the seven year projects which will meet the growing The study will be done within this financial year. energy demand are as follows: Coal to liquids (a) Implementation of a 100MW Solar Photovoltaic Plants and a total of 35 MV grid tied Solar Government has commissioned a pre-feasibility study Photovoltaic by 2022. These projects which are on the development of a Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) currently under procurement, will be implemented project. The pre-feasibility study shows that the project through Independent Power Producers (IPPs); has potential to accelerate economic diversification and improve energy security. A full feasibility study is (b) A 10MW Coal Bed Methane (CBM) plant which being carried to identify the commercial viability of the is currently under procurement, is planned to be project with an intent to have broken ground by 2025. operational by the year 2025; Mining (c) A 200MW Concentrated Solar Plant (CSP) is planned to be operational by the year 2026. Procurement will Mr Speaker, there are numerous mega projects in the start early 2021; mining sector. Debswana projects - Cut 3 in Orapa and Cut 9 in Jwaneng are continuing. However, there (d) Procurement of a 300MW Coal plant is underway. has been delays due to change of plans in the wake of The plant is anticipated to be operational by the year COVID-19 pandemic. Lucara Botswana has completed 2026; a feasibility study for Karowe Mine underground project, which is anticipated to start in 2025, and is Mr Speaker, my ministry has developed Solar expected to increase the life of the mine to 2041. Rooftop Guidelines for residential and commercial sectors to encourage private sector participation in OTHER PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THE the development of Green Technology infrastructure. REMAINDER OF NDP 11 These will be launched in September 2020. Initially, the program will be capped at 10MW and will be reviewed Mr Speaker, the proposed development programmes in the subsequent years. and projects for the remaining period of the NDP 11, are shown on annexure 1 which I believe Honourable Petroleum Products Members have access to, at a total cost of Three Billion, Six Hundred Ninety-Five Million Pula (P3 695 000 Mr Speaker, during the first half of NDP 11, Government 000). embarked on development of more strategic fuel storage capacity to augment the existing strategic storage Mr Speaker, this now concludes my presentation of the capacity which has generally been less than 14 days Mid-Term Review of NDP 11 Budget for my ministry. cover against the preferred 18 days cover. I therefore move that the sum of Three Billion Six Hundred, Ninety-Five Million Pula (P3 695 000 000) Government has initiated construction of additional be approved and stand part of the NDP 11 Mid-Term facilities as follows: Tshele Hills Project at 186 million Review Budget. I move accordingly. I thank you Mr litres, Ghanzi depot at 35 million litres, whilst the Speaker. existing Francistown facility will be expanded up to 60 million litres of petroleum products. These three MINISTRY OF NATIONALITY, IMMIGRATION projects will deliver a total of 301 million litres which AND GENDER AFFAIRS will translate into at least 60 days of strategic storage supply cover for the country, thereby improving the MINISTER OF NATIONALITY, IMMIGRATION security of supply of petroleum products. AND GENDER AFFAIRS (MS MOKGETHI): Mr Speaker, I am honoured to present my ministry’s The Tshele Hills Project is now being implemented programmes, projects and their budget estimates for the through Botswana Oil and implementation of the Tank remaining period of the Eleventh National Development Farm or storage facility and associated infrastructure Plan. will be undertaken through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) method. To this end, Botswana Oil has identified My ministry is responsible for safeguarding civil a Transactional Advisor to develop a market readiness registration and National Identity, facilitating movement

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across borders, processing of VISAs and residence my ministry in 2019 introduced some reforms. The permits, issuance of National Identity cards, registration reforms included among others, decentralisation of of societies and promotion of gender equality. In Visa applications to Botswana Missions abroad and facilitating movement of people across borders, my issuance of Visa at some ports of entry, especially for ministry contributes to safe and secure migration in an tourists visiting national parks for a day and for other effort to facilitate the ease of doing business. persons visiting for not more than 14 days. Furthermore, a relaxation of the Visa Regime was undertaken to make Mr Speaker, my ministry embraces our national doing business in Botswana smooth and seamless. aspirations as articulated in Vision 2036 pillars of Sustainable Economic Development; Human and Social Mr Speaker, my ministry notes with great concern the Development; and Governance, Peace and Security. high prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Whilst the mandate of my ministry traverses all these in 2018 conducted a National Relationship Study, which pillars, the main thrusts are found under Human and revealed that 37 per cent of women and 21 per cent of Social Development; and Governance, Peace and men have suffered some form of violence. To this end, Security. Under Human and Social development, we have adopted an integrated approach to combating there are strong family institutions, social inclusion GBV as this is proving to be a major challenge. In light and equality; and gender equality. With respect to of the alarming statistics on GBV cases, Botswana Governance, Peace and Security; there are issues of continues to put in place measures and mechanisms human rights, civil society participation; religion and to eliminate all forms of violence against women society as well as freedom of expression and association. and girls, in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and other types of exploitation. With respect Furthermore, my ministry subscribes to Sustainable to provision of safety for survivors of GBV, my ministry Development Goal 5 of achieving gender equality and is conducting a feasibility study on Establishment and empowerment of all women and girls. Strengthening of Safe Havens to inform policy direction REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE DURING THE going forward. The study is expected to be completed in FIRST HALF OF NDP 11 January 2021.

The year 2018 was the 10-year cycle period since the Challenges During the First Half of NDP 11 inception of the Omang card, where the first cohort that Mr Speaker, my ministry faced some challenges during got identity cards in 1988 was due for another renewal. the first half of the plan period. These among others As a result, my ministry experienced congestion at all include: Civil and National Registration offices countrywide. However, after implementation of various initiatives, • Influx of irregular migrants, and in some cases the turnaround time for Omang issuance improved from at ungazzeted points. It is therefore important to 8 weeks to 3 days. Currently, the production of Omang enhance stakeholder collaboration and engagement stands at an average of 700 cards per day. My ministry for effective border control and management, and embarked on outreach programmes to distribute the security agencies have been very helpful in this Identity (ID) cards and used other initiatives to improve regard. collection, such as Short Message System (SMS). • GBV continues to be a major challenge in the country These efforts resulted in all Batswana eligible to vote in as reported cases continue to escalate. GBV knows the 2019 General Elections being given the opportunity no social, economic or national boundaries and to apply, renew and collect their cards countrywide. Mr undermines the health, security and dignity of victims. Speaker, my ministry has completed requirements for This challenge therefore requires a multi-sectoral installation of the Public Key Directory (PKD) with approach that involves Government institutions, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). the private sector, civil society, Dikgosi and faith- The PKD validates the authenticity and integrity of based organisations. Furthermore, Government e-passports of other PKD member states. will continue with implementation of the National Strategy towards ending GBV, which prioritises Furthermore, in an endeavor to make Botswana the GBV prevention and protection, care and support of country of choice for international tourists and investors survivors and victims. and to be more facilitative, Government through

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• Our experience prior and during the current doing business and enable secure data sharing between COVID-19 pandemic has shown clearly that the key Government organisations and the private sector. ministry should upgrade obsolete systems and The system will also improve person registration, digitise its manual systems as they are slow and identification, as well as personal data authentication. prone to breakdowns. Doing so Mr Speaker, will not Once the system is up and running, it will facilitate online only enhance efficiency in the delivery of services, services offered by Government such as applications of but will also protect the security of our documents. National Identity Cards (Omang), passports, Visa and other permits. The system will also create employment Strategies for the Remainder of NDP 11 opportunities through use of local ICT companies Mr Speaker, in an effort to improve the business for system maintenance, improve access to services, environment, my ministry is continuously monitoring especially those related to foreign and domestic systems, processes and procedures to determine areas investment and reduce reliance on inefficient manual that can be tweaked to improve service delivery and records. Mr Speaker, to mitigate GBV, Government create a conducive environment for business facilitation. continues with implementation of the National Strategy We will therefore continue to review policies and/or on ending GBV, which is multisectoral and focuses on Acts to improve ease of doing business in the country. prevention, protection, care and support of GBV survivors and victims. Activities include capacity building for The following will be carried out during the remaining Dikgosi and other key stakeholders in the GBV referral years of NDP 11: finalisation of the development of a system, engagement of men and boys across the country Migration Policy in collaboration with the Southern to dialogue on GBV and gender equality and public African Development Community (SADC), reviewing awareness raising through commemoration of 16 Days both Immigration and Citizenship Acts, and expediting of Activism Against Violence on Women and Girls. Our introduction of e-Visas. All these are meant to assist in success to fight this moral decay is dependent on our luring Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country, collective resolve as a nation to take responsibility and promote export-led growth and improve ease of doing face the challenge head on. business. In terms of expediting the digital transition, Proposed Projects for the Remainder of NDP 11 my ministry will embark on upgrading of the National Identification System (NIS), which will include Mr Speaker, the proposed development programmes development of a Biometric National Identity Card and projects for the remaining period of the National (Omang) to ensure timely service delivery and business Development Plan (NDP) 11 at a total cost of Three facilitation. Furthermore, improving the provision of Hundred and Six Million Pula (P306, 000,000), will be Information and Communication Technology (ICT) undertaken by my ministry. These are: infrastructure for all our border posts is also key to enhance efficiency in service delivery. To this end, the • P225,400,000 - MNIG Integrated System ministry is currently carrying out computerisation of the remaining six border posts (Two Rivers, Bokspits, • P4,000,000 - Computerisation of border posts and Makopong, Paarshalt, Zanzibar and Mabolwe), which installation of Public Key Directory (PKD); will be completed this financial year. • P1,700,000 - MNIG ICT equipment;

Mr Speaker, during the remaining part of NDP 11, my • P54,000,000 - Upgrade of the National Identification ministry plans to develop a secure system that will System (NIS); integrate all ministry systems that currently stand- alone and do not communicate with each other and • P400,000 - Establishment and Strengthening of Safe interface with those of other ministries. This will reduce Havens; expenditure on operational costs and in so doing, ensure efficient Government spending and financing which is • P500,000 - MNIG vehicles; one of the priorities for the Mid-Term Review of NDP • P20, 000,000 - Refurbishment of Block 8 Building 11. The system will also interface or integrate with (Headquarters). Vehicle Registration and Licencing System; Livestock Identification and Trace Back System; Integrated Mr Speaker, this concludes my presentation on the Mid- Patient Management System; Voter Registration and Term Review of NDP 11 budget for my ministry. I other Government systems to improve the ease of thank you Mr Speaker.

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MR SPEAKER: Thank you Honourable Minister. May (ILO). The Decent Work Country Programme is the I now call upon the Minister of Employment, Labour main vehicle for delivery of ILO support to member Productivity and Skills Development. countries, and its main objective is to promote decent work as a key component of national development MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR strategies. BDWCP is anchored on three Pillars of: PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Creation of Sustainable and Decent Employment; MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR Enhanced Social Protection and Conditions of Work PRODUCTIVITY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT and Strong Labour Market Governance Institutions. The (MR BALOPI): Thank you Mr Speaker and good programme was signed by the tripartite parties and the th afternoon. Mr Speaker, I have the honour to present to ILO on the 18 February 2020. this Honourable House my ministry’s proposals for Mid- With regard to the provision of equitable, quality Term Review of the National Development Plan (NDP) vocational training, the maintenance of academic 11. The proposed strategies, programmes and projects are facilities and students hostels have been completed intended to drive my ministry’s mandate of; facilitating at Okavango and Marobela brigades. Maintenance employment, providing labour administration services, of academic facilities has been completed at Serowe, industry focused skills, promoting health and safety Bobonong and Matsheng brigades, while in other at work, as well as productivity and work ethic in the brigade institutions; maintenance is on-going under the economy. This mandate cuts across two thematic areas; recurrent budget. All the brigade institutions have been Economy and Employment and Governance, Peace and connected to Government Data Network (GDN), with Security. the exception of Barolong and Tshwaragano brigades, The world of work is rapidly evolving as a result of which are experiencing limitation of telecommunication technological advancement and other emerging factors. infrastructure. These necessitate a reflection on our priorities as a The challenges faced by my ministry in executing its ministry with a view to increasing investment in people’s mandate, include implementation of development capabilities, strengthening and revitalising institutions projects, involve capacity constraints, particularly at the of work and promoting decent and sustainable work. inception of NDP 11, and delays in procurement. These have resulted in delayed project and low development REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE budget expenditure. Mr Speaker, the Ministry of Employment, Labour Other challenges that inhibit delivery of services in Productivity and Skills Development was allocated the ministry include; lack of capacity to carry out a Total Estimated Cost (TEC) of Five Hundred and labour and factory inspections, as well as to monitor Ninety-Two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Pula localisation, obsolete and unserviceable workshop (P592, 400,000.00) for development during NDP 11. equipment in brigades and technical colleges, skills Out of this amount, the ministry has spent Fifty-Six gaps amongst lecturers in brigades, unavailability Million, Forty Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty-Six of policy framework in dealing with productivity Pula (P56, 040, 486.00). issues; leading to fragmented interventions and lack of coordination, poor work ethic and low productivity These funds have been used for maintenance of the which results in the country’s low rankings in the Global ministry’s facilities, Local Area Network (LAN) Competitiveness and Doing Business Reports. upgrading in brigades and at Madirelo Training and Testing Centre (MTTC), and computerisation of the CRITICAL PRIORITY AREAS, STRATEGIES, services of Botswana National Productivity Centre PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS FOR THE (BNPC). The ministry’s expenditure also includes REMAINDER OF NDP 11 acquisition of vehicles. Mr Speaker, to address the above challenges I have The Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity just outlined, and in line with the desire to achieve the and Skills Development and employers’ and workers’ ministry’s mandate, various strategies, programmes and representatives have developed Botswana Decent Work projects will be undertaken for the remainder of NDP 11 Country Programme (BDWCP), 2020-2024, with the as indicated below. assistance of the International Labour Organisation

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The successful implementation of the Botswana MELSD Computerisation Decent Work Country Programme (BDWCP) 2020-24 will deliver the following outcomes; Decent jobs for Under this programme, the following projects are the young persons, sustainable businesses, National planned for execution; Local Area Network (LAN) Occupational Health and Safety Policy, National Upgrading and provision of ICT equipment for Technical Employment Policy, Labour Migration Policy, Labour and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Institutions Inspection Policy, functional tripartite social dialogue (brigades and technical colleges) to provide an enabling structures, improved working conditions and labour environment for e-learning. This project commenced in relations in the country. the 2018/2019 financial year, and is ongoing as there is need to provide additional ICT equipment to these The process of reviewing labour laws in order to address institutions; Botswana National Productivity Centre gaps in the Acts, facilitate doing business, incorporate (BNPC) Computerisation which entails installation of various decisions of the courts into the laws, and high priority system to enable the centre to optimise align the Acts with the international labour standards modern day technology in delivering services to ratified for Botswana is ongoing. The review covers its stakeholders; Development of National Service Employment Act, Trade Disputes Act, Trade Unions Excellence Framework which is aimed at nurturing a and Employers’ Organisations Act and Public Service national service excellence culture. Act. In addition, the Workers’ Compensation Act will be amended to encompass emerging occupational diseases Mr Speaker, Botswana Employment System project and ill health arising from workplace exposure. The which was intended to provide a database for registration Factories Act will also be reviewed to broaden its scope and placement of jobseekers is being implemented as to include other workplaces, which are currently not part of the development of Labour Market Information covered by the Act. System (LMIS). The system is being developed by Human Resource Development Council (HRDC). In pursuit of the Government priority of transiting from a resource based economy to a knowledge based MELSD Facilities economy, and in the spirit of addressing skills demand Mr Speaker, the projects under this programme are by industry, vocational training will be transformed maintenance of Brigade institutions and Technical with a view to delivering entrepreneurship, industrial Colleges, and procurement of workshop equipment relevant and indigenous skills. In addition, investment and machinery for these institutions. The process of will be made in new technology equipment, as well as procuring the workshop equipment and machinery is rehabilitation of brigades and technical colleges in order ongoing for facilities under the ministry. to position the country to compete globally in the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Furthermore, Mr Speaker, under this programme, Rapid Skills Development Centres will be established in Mr Speaker, noting the challenges raised in the Global Sojwe, Phitshane-Molopo, Ncojane, Bokspits, Shakawe Competitiveness and Ease of Doing Business reports, and Khakhea. The ministry is developing the centres my ministry will undertake reforms in the work permit in phases. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system, including computerisation of the work permit exemption certificates have been acquired for Sojwe, process. The National Productivity Blue Print is Phitshane-Molopo, Ncojane and sites are being cleared also being developed to provide policy direction and as we speak. The Bokspits centre has been recommended guidelines on issues of productivity and work ethic. for full EIA study. Consultations with stakeholders in this regard are ongoing. A National Productivity Improvement Strategy Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity and will be developed to operationalise the Blue Print. Skills Development (MELSD) Vehicles

Mr Speaker, I now present my ministry’s proposed When it comes to vehicles Mr Speaker, for the projects for the remainder of NDP 11. The proposed remainder of National Development Plan (NDP) 11, projects are aimed at contributing to the Mid-Term requisite vehicles will be procured to facilitate the Review of NDP 11 and the Economic Recovery and execution of the following functions of the ministry; Transformation Plan (ERTP) priorities, and they fall labour inspections, occupational health and safety under the following programmes; workplace inspections, inspection of maintenance

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projects, promotion of productivity and good work Industrial Development Policy, Government has over ethics countrywide and transportation of students to the years introduced industry support measures geared industry for practical training. towards growing and expanding local industries. As an example, the Statutory Instrument (SI) restricting VI. CONCLUSION importation of bottled water in quantities of less Mr Speaker, this concludes the presentation on my than 10 litres introduced in 2018, resulted in product ministry’s proposed strategies, programmes and projects diversification such as production of flavoured and for the remainder of NDP 11. I thank you Mr Speaker. sparkling water. As at January 2020, the number of companies operating in the water bottling industry MR SPEAKER: Thank you Honourable Minister. We increased from 22 to 46, employment rose from 196 to are moving very nicely. 434, while investment doubled from around P40 million to more than P80 million. MINISTRY OF INVESTMENT, TRADE AND INDUSTRY As part of efforts to support Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) development, factory shells MINISTER OF INVESTMENT, TRADE AND are currently being refurbished across the country to INDUSTRY (MS SERAME): Thank you Mr Speaker. provide operational space for start-ups. The Francistown Mr Speaker, I take this opportunity to present to this Industrial Business, Pilane, Kutla and Glen Valley Honourable House the Ministry of Investment, Trade Incubators have provided operating space for start- and Industry National Development Plan (NDP) 11 ups who continue to graduate to join the mainstream Mid-Term Review. entrepreneurs. In addition, as a result of various interventions, SMMEs were assisted to secure markets Mr Speaker, allow me to highlight the ministry’s for their goods valued at P17.6 million. performance of different strategies, programmes and Mr Speaker, the Leather Industry Park Business Case initiatives during the first part of the NDP 11, and then Model Review was concluded in November 2019. The outline the outlook for the remaining years of the plan. value chain of this project presents business opportunities I. PERFOMANCE REVIEW IN THE FIRST for fodder production, livestock production, slaughter HALF OF NDP 11 facilities and downstream leather products.

Mr Speaker, the ministry was initially allocated Nine The tender for development of infrastructure for the Hundred and Fifty-Seven Million Pula (P957 million) Leather Industry Park closed on the 21st August 2020, for the Development Budget in NDP 11. Of this total, and the tender is expected to be awarded by December 80 per cent was earmarked for two major projects; the 2020. The Leather Park is expected to be completed Leather Industry Park in Lobatse (P225 million) and in the first half of 2022. The components planned to development of the Special Economic Zones (P500 be delivered at this stage include construction of the million). The remainder of the budget was allocated common effluent treatment plant, secure landfill facility, to implementation of the Doing Business Reforms chrome recovery plant, treated sewage water treatment Roadmap, the Ministry Information Management plant, roads and water provision. Citizen participation Systems and Enterprise Competitiveness. and local procurement will be enforced to the letter.

For the first half of the plan, the ministry spent One Mr Speaker, in an effort to improve market access of Hundred and Eighty-Four Million, Three Hundred and locally produced goods, my ministry continues to drive Ninety-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Four Pula the Buy Botswana campaign under the #PushaBW (P184 395 804) mainly on the Leather Industry Park, banner. One of the initiatives under this campaign construction of silos at Pandamatenga, as well as overall that was undertaken during the first half of NDP 11 operationalisation of the Special Economic Zones was a Television Show entitled “#PushaBW Making (SEZs). it in Botswana.” The objective of this initiative is to facilitate buyer-seller relations and showcase locally DIVERSIFIED AND COMPETITIVE manufactured products and their production processes. INDUSTRIES Mr Speaker, in an effort to facilitate trade during the first Mr Speaker, in an effort to develop diversified and half NDP 11, the ministry through the Botswana Bureau sustainable industries through implementation of the of Standards (BOBS)…

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MR KAPINGA: Procedure. I have checked in my MR SPEAKER: Let us check Honourable Ambassador, documents and with my neighboring colleagues, we do what has happened. It appears you are right. Batho not seem to have a report that the Minister is presenting. ba go neng gotwe ba e ntshe ba bo ba e baya jaaka magwinya… HONOURABLE MEMBER: I do not have it. …Silence… HONOURABLE MEMBER: Le nna. MR SPEAKER: Honourable Members, they are also HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… caused by COVID-19. The papers will be distributed. MR SPEAKER: It was distributed last week, I am sure Honourable Minister, I am sorry, we will find out why it is lying somewhere. Honourable Minister, continue they are kept in a card box instead of being distributed. please. HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible) …

MS SERAME: My apologies Mr Speaker. Could you MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa, not afresh, not while I am repeat, I did not get that? here.

MR SPEAKER: Continue. HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)…

MS SERAME: Thank you Mr Speaker. As I continue, MR SPEAKER: Ee, re tlaa mo reetsa thata ka I was saying in an effort to facilitate trade during tlhwaafalo, she will continue. If you ask me, I can tell the first half of NDP 11, the ministry through the you what she said because I was listening. Honourable Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) developed 620 Members, let us obey COVID-19 regulations while they standards for construction, agriculture, food, chemicals, distribute. environmental management, leather and leather products, as well as textile and clothing sectors. Further, PROCEEDINGS SUSPENDED AT 16:04 P.M. FOR in order to curb proliferation of sub-standard products APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES into the country, a total of 102 461 units of various PROCEEDINGS RESUMED AT 16:34 P.M. products were recalled. These include audio appliances, passenger car tyres, animal feed, electrical appliances, “EXCHANGE OF SPEAKERSHIP” fire extinguisher powder, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) regulators, electrical plugs and sockets. MR SPEAKER (MR PULE): Honourable Members, when we broke for tea, Honourable Peggy Serame was Mr Speaker, the ministry through the Citizen on the floor. Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) continues to provide financial and technical support for MS SERAME: Thank you Mr Speaker. Let me also business development, with a view to promoting creation apologise for the late circulation of my speech Mr of viable and sustainable citizen-owned enterprises. Speaker. During the first half of the plan, 4 275 citizen-owned enterprises were financed to the tune of P1.5 billion and INVESTMENT PROMOTION in turn creating 8 964 jobs. Mr Speaker, the ministry through its different institutions Mr Speaker, as part of efforts to promote inclusivity, facilitated Foreign Direct Investment to the tune to 3 059 individuals were funded under Mabogo-Dinku P6.321 billion and total Domestic Investment valued at product, creating 3 591 jobs. Further, a total of… P9.554 billion for the first half of National Development Plan (NDP) 11. MR KAPINGA: Procedure. Pampiri e Minister a e balang Mr Speaker, ga e yo. This one was the overall Mr Speaker, the development of the Special Economic sector which she chairs. That is the one she presented. Zones has commenced with two at an advanced stage. This one is not in our possessions. The detailed design and land servicing at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (SSKIA) SEZ, Boulevard HONOURABLE MEMBER: We do not have. One has commenced and is anticipated to be completed MR SPEAKER: Wa vanga. in November 2020. This will open up 100 hectares of land and provide access to investors who wish to set up …Silence… export-focused industries in Botswana.

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The second Special Economic Zone (SEZ) entails the is our NDP 11 target. This can be achieved once the construction of 12 Silos at the Pandamatenga Special E-Government project is fully implemented. Economic Zone. The tender for the work was awarded in March 2020 and is scheduled to be completed in As a contributor towards achieving our NDP 11 target, August 2021. the ministry is revising the Ministry Management Information System to enable issuance of licences Further, the Master Plans of the other Special Economic online in line with the new Acts as well as to interphase Zones (SEZs) are being completed, after which the system with the OBRS. development of the first phases will continue. In addition, the review of potential additional SEZ sites POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR THE will be concluded by the next financial year. REMAINDER OF NDP 11 Mr Speaker, the ministry will continue with aggressive Mr Speaker, Botswana Development Corporation implementation of the Industrial Development Policy, (BDC) invested a total of P913 million in various sectors, Doing Business Reforms and Initiatives to transform the including Agri-business, Automotive Components economy. I must emphasise that this will require that manufacturing and Services. The investment resulted we learn new things, unlearn some and make difficult in the creation of 1200 jobs. choices and sacrifices in the short-term. This will require Mr Speaker, under the SPEDU Revitalisation us to deepen engagement with strategic partners, while Programme, SPEDU is facilitating 45 companies and we put in place measures to facilitate citizen economic they continue to benefit from Income Tax Incentives and empowerment. the 30 per cent Government offtake. So far, a total of 19 Mr Speaker, for the remainder of the Plan, the ministry companies have been issued with Income Tax Incentive requires P1 719, 100, 000 under the Development Budget. certificates and 21 with 30 per cent offtake certificates. Most of this budget will be allocated to development Furthermore, to date, 2 047 jobs have been created of the Leather Industry Park and implementation of against a three-year target of 6 856. Mr Speaker, there the SEZs countrywide. An amount of P890, 000, 000 were challenges of unavailability of serviced land and is for the Leather Park, P695 300 000 for SEZ and the factory shells in the SPEDU region and to address this remaining balance will go to Doing Business Initiatives shortage, land servicing is planned for 1 929 hectares as well as Information and Communications Technology of land. The project is scheduled to commence before (ICT). the end of this financial year and is expected to be completed in 2023. DIVERSIFIED AND COMPETITIVE INDUSTRIES The construction of Platjan Bridge was completed and it was opened to traffic in December 2019. In addition, Mr Speaker, for the remainder of the Plan, we will the Letsibogo and Thune Dams Master Plans have been increase incubation services with focus on agriculture developed and are awaiting land servicing. SPEDU is and manufacturing. Land will continue to be requested collaborating with other stakeholders to attract potential from relevant stakeholders to facilitate training of investors into the area. potential clients, especially the youth to venture into the Horticultural Sector. In this regard, land has been IMPROVING THE DOING BUSINESS secured at Glen Valley and Dikabeya for horticultural ENVIRONMENT production.

Mr Speaker, as you may be aware, starting a business Mr Speaker, the ministry through CEDA plans to has always been a problematic area in the doing invest P450 million to finance 856 citizen-owned business report. To address this, we launched the Online enterprises in the next financial year, with potential Business Registration System (OBRS) last year and to create over 2 400 jobs. Efforts will continue to be further commenced the revised or amended laws that made to improve Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises will enable us to reduce the number of licences and (SMMEs) sustenance and for my ministry to continue to significantly reduce the number of days required to start be responsive to the needs of these enterprises. To this a business. The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of end, identifying opportunities for value chain financing, days to start a business from 48 days to one day which climate change resilient products and services as well as

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products geared towards the Creative Industry Sector, EASE OF DOING BUSINESS emerging technologies and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), amongst others, will be pivotal to the national Mr Speaker, for the remainder of the plan, the transformation agenda. ministry will continue to prioritise the ease of doing business initiatives during and post Covid-19 through As part of Government’s plan to meaningfully implementation of a number of initiatives and reforms. empower citizens and enable their participation in The ministry with the support of the European Union, the development of the country, all empowerment will undertake a project to further improve the business programmes are currently being consolidated. These environment with emphasis on e-Government which include the Women Empowerment Programme, Youth has been identified as a key enabler to ease of doing Development Fund, some aspects of Poverty Eradication business. Programme, Livestock Management and Infrastructure Development (LIMID), Integrated Support Programme The ministry will also continue with implementation of for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD) and the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) system whose Special ISPAAD Programme. The process is anticipated pilot phase is ongoing. The adopted system will be to be concluded during the 2020/2021 financial year. piloted for the next three years moving from a gradual It is worth noting that the total budget allocated to all application of the tool to a whole-of-Government empowerment programmes in the first half of the Plan approach. Further, the ministry will continue to inter- was around P3 billion. phase the Online Business Registration System with other online systems with a view to further improve the INVESTMENT PROMOTION starting a business indicator.

Mr Speaker, due to the projected decline in Foreign POLICIES AND STRATEGIES BEING Direct Investment flows as a result of the COVID-19 DEVELOPED pandemic, we are developing a strategy to refocus Mr Speaker, we are developing two new policies which efforts on domestic investment through integrated will improve private sector participation in the economy, retention and aftercare strategies. and most importantly, facilitate the creation of the much The strategy is anticipated to stimulate domestic needed jobs in the country. These includes the National investment for exponential growth, anchored on the Intellectual Property Policy. The policy will focus on the protection of the Industrial Property Rights such as objectives to prioritize locally manufactured goods and technology inventions and innovation; ownership of services, exploiting opportunities within the agricultural products and trademarks; ownership of value in products value-chain and increasing exports, among others. like Industrial Designs; Trade Secrets; and the rights Mr Speaker, it is expected that for the last part of NDP on place of origin known as Geographical Indications 11, BDC will mobilise a total of P3 billion to invest (GI). The policy will also strengthen the protection in projects that will ensure economic transformation, of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights which include diversification and increase citizen economic the rights of authorship of literary and artistic works; participation. In the next 12 months, BDC will invest performances in music, drama, and cinematography; approximately P800 million on projects that will drive protection of databases and architectural drawings. economic recovery and sustain jobs. This will include The policy is planned to be presented to the National establishment of large-scale equipment manufacturing Assembly during this financial year. industry to support key sectors such as rail, energy Mr Speaker, the National Quality Policy is also being and water. Other projects that are planned to be developed. The policy is important for ensuring that undertaken include increasing automotive components goods and services are developed in line with the manufacturing and food production. required domestic and international standards, quality Mr Speaker, the use of indigenous plants for large and competitiveness requirements. The policy is also scale manufacturing of health and food products, and planned for completion during this financial year. increasing real citizen participation in key sectors of Mr Speaker, the Citizen Economic Inclusion Bill is the economy in terms of controlling equity stakes, is being finalised for presentation to Parliament. The another focus area for the remainder of the plan. desire to put in place the citizen empowerment law

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is meant to strengthen enforcement of the Citizen MR SPEAKER: Just a second. Economic Empowerment (CEE) initiatives to ensure economic inclusion and meaningful participation of MR MAJAGA: Procedure. Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. targeted citizens in the development and growth of Gongwe ga ke a utlwa sentle leina la me le balwa. the economy. The law will also ensure compliance, Maloba ga ke a bua gotlhelele mo the bigger Mid-Term fostering accountability as well as ensuring ease of Review, mme le gompieno ga go na gope fa ke kileng ka Monitoring and Evaluation of the citizen participation bua ka mabaka a o a itseng. in various initiatives and programmes, particularly, in MR SPEAKER: Honourable Member, I understand. specific priority sectors. Like I said, in terms of Standing Order 10…

Mr Speaker, the ministry will review the Competition HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… Act of 2018 during the second half of NDP 11. The review is intended to address challenges that might MR SPEAKER: Honourable Majaga, in terms of the hinder Citizen Economic Empowerment initiatives, and Standing Order 10.3 (b) Whips can submit names from looking at some of the challenges such as excessive their side, of people who are going to debate. My belief pricing, exploitative behaviour by the business is that all Members on this side have been consulted community on consumers, buyer power provisions and have agreed to submit those six names, and then which are meant to regulate the conduct and purchase Members on this side have also consulted and agreed conditions of dominant firms when they relate with to submit four names. So, if there is something that you small independent suppliers. are not happy with, I think you should go and see your Mr Speaker, the ministry will also review the Liquor Act Whip, so that we can change the schedule. Order! The to address emerging and existing economic and social floor is open. issues related to the sale of liquor. This will include aligning the Act to the current COVID-19 protocols and MR TSOGWANE: Procedure. Procedure Mr Speaker, guide preparedness for any pandemic that might arise in ke ka Order Paper. Ke tsaya gore Order Paper e gongwe the future. To this end, the ministry has already started next time e nne a bit clearer because as it stands now, ga consultation with stakeholders. The outcome of the re itse gore Minister o ya to respond nako mang, leng. consultations will inform the review of the Act. It is only time for debate. The people want to plan, ba Mr Speaker, this concludes my presentation of the batla go itse gore a mme will they still have time, ka Mid-Term Review of NDP 11 Budget Estimates for the gore fa o ne o re bolelela gore ka nako ya gore Minister Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry remainder o tlaabo a respond, ka letsatsi la gore, it would be much of the Plan period. I thank you Mr Speaker. clearer. Thank you Mr Speaker.

HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Applause!)… MR MMOLOTSI: Procedure. Thank you very much. Mr Speaker… MR SPEAKER: Order! Order Honourable Members! Honourable Members, the first thing that I want to MR SPEAKER: Are you adding something to what the say is, I must thank the presenters because they have Leader of the House has said? Let me respond to this saved 25 minutes. The other thing is, the two Whips one first. have submitted names from both sides of the aisle, of people who are going to debate this subject. Before, I MR MMOLOTSI: I was just reminding you that the call the question, let me tell you who are on the list; Alliance for Progressives (AP) have also submitted their on my right is Honourable Monnakgotla, Honourable list... Dr Dikoloti, Honourable Liakat Kablay, Honourable HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Laughter!)… Molao, Honourable Moabi and Honourable Reatile. On my left side is Honourable Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang, MR SPEAKER: …(Laughter!)… Honourable Mathoothe, Honourable Keorapetse, and MR MMOLOTSI: I forwarded to the Speaker last Honourable Motsamai. I am calling these names out so time, and I hope he handed it over to you. that you can go in that order. …Silence… HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure.

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MR SPEAKER: Order Honourable Members! Leader MR MOATLHODI: Motlotlegi Motsamaisa of the House, well, maybe we need to clarify the Order Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente, e ne e le go sedimosa gore Paper. The agreement that we have here is that, each kana tumalano ya rona ke gore, fa list e o neng o e group is given two hours, of which, part of that would be biditse e fela, ba re seng mo teng, we stand up to catch a debate. So when we allocated time, we remained with your eye sir. 1 hour 20 minutes for today which would be committed to a debate, and we will be remaining with 70 minutes. MR SPEAKER: You are quite correct.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)… MR MMOLOTSI: Procedure sir.

MR SPEAKER: 70 minutes out of the two hours, then MR SPEAKER: Honourable Mmolotsi, o a bo o batla that 70 minutes, we will spare it for tomorrow because to delay gore re bo re ja another hour ka a very simple the debate will go up to 18:30. So, we will spare it for matter. tomorrow, and tomorrow morning when we start, the MR MMOLOTSI: No, I just want to indicate to you Mr Minister will respond for 30 minutes, then the other 40 Speaker, that we were asked to submit our indications minutes is left for debate after the Minister’s response. and we did as requested. That is the basis on which I was MR TSOGWANE: It is okay Mr Speaker. Ke ne ke allowed to speak the last time because I submitted my raya gore gongwe ba ye go e dira sentle gore e nne clear. paper to the Speaker after being asked to do so. E tle jaaka e ne e tlhola e dirwa, or the Minister will MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa, mma re tswelele Honourable respond ka nako ya gore, so that we know exactly what Mmolotsi. I think we will deal with your matter on time the Minister will respond. Jaanong fa e le rre wa another day ka gore today I have a list e ke e filweng from Alliance for Progressives (AP) ene, nnyaa, motho ga a ka ke a bua 100 per cent go na le diphathi tse dingwe the Opposition side; four names and my assumption is mo Palamenteng. that you are part of that. That is my assumption, if I am wrong, prove me wrong because I thought you are part HONOURABLE MEMBER: Clarification Mr of that. I thought you have been consulted, that is why Speaker. ke buile fela ke ntshitse sehuba ke re, bagaetsho, from MR SPEAKER: Iketle pele! What clarification? What this side I have four, this side I have six and the list is as do you want to clarify? follows. Ke tsaya gore you are part of that.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: It is something different, MR MMOLOTSI: So, are you withdrawing the letter something pertaining to the ... that I wrote to the Speaker, that was accepted?

MR SPEAKER: Alright, let me finish ka ya ga MR SPEAKER: Come again? Honourable Mmolotsi. Ke ne ke re gongwe o batla go MR MMOLOTSI: Are we now withdrawing the letter tlhatswa ya ga ... that I submitted to the Speaker that was accepted dully? HONOURABLE MEMBER: Nnyaa. MR SPEAKER: I must be honest; I have not seen that MR SPEAKER: Ee. Honourable Mmolotsi, re go letter. Can you look for the letter please? But for now, utlwile Honourable Member. Ga re itse gore re tlile go let us continue with the debate while we are still dealing dira jang ka gore re ne re tsaya gore list e e tlisitsweng with your matter. fa, from our understanding, actually there is a note from HONOURABLE MEMBER: Ke ne ke re o ba bale, the Leader of Opposition (LOO), that for today, he has ga ba ikitse. fielded only four Members to debate. We are still going to consult, so that tomorrow we increase the list. So, MR SPEAKER: Ao! Le a ikitse. Ke Honourable hopefully, you will be fielded tomorrow. For now, I Kesitegile Gobotswang, ka go tlhomagana ga bone. have received only four names. Really, this is what I Ga ke bone gore Honourable Keorapetse o ka emelela am going to work with today. Ga ke itse Honourable ka gore he is number three and then Honourable Moatlhodi, do you have something? Mathoothe.

MR MMOLOTSI: Procedure Mr Speaker. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Nnyaa...

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MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa! Nnyaa! You go in that order, eletsang go akgela mo go sone thata ka fa lefatsheng; Honourable Keorapetse, Honourable Motsamai, they sustainable land management, ke kgang ya koketso ya are four. lefatshe, bogolo jang dikgaolo tsa rona tse di bapileng le Wildlife Management Area (WMA), re felela re tlhoka MR KEORAPETSE: Procedure Mr Speaker. Ke ne ke bonno le mafudiso. Ke re Tona, a kgang e, e lebelelwe re the list does not necessarily mean the order because thata, bogolo jang dikgaolo tse di bapileng le WMA. go na le sequence e re ka nnang ra batla go tsena ka Jaanong, re felela re sa kgone go rua sentle. Re batla yone. If you can pick ... gore dilo tse di gorogang jaana, boleather industrial MR SPEAKER: Honourable Keorapetse, I have park, re kgone to sustain them. concluded that they are going to run in that order. Why Fa ke tsweletse jalo, ke tlaa tsena ka ya metsi ke re, do you want to review my ruling? Tona, ke utlwile sentle o bua gore kgang ya metsi bogolo jang a a kwa Kgalagadi North, e ne ya diiwa ke MS MONNAKGOTLA (KGALAGADI NORTH): ditsheko. Project ya teng e ne ya diiwa ke ditsheko, e ka Thank you and good afternoon Mr Speaker. Mma ke bo e setse e simolotse ka 2018. Ke re ditsheko tse, ke simolole ka go leboga Tona. Tona, ke tlile go simolola dilo tse di diang ditlhabololo. A re lebelele dilo tse ka ka go bua ka kgokgontsho e o neng o bua ka yone, gore they cause corruption. Ditsheko cause tiego e ntsi, bogolo jang e e lebaganeng bomme. O ne o bua sentle mme ga se mo lephateng la gago fela Tona ya Metsi. gore o tsile go dira dipatlisiso, o bo o dira le mananeo a a Ke a bona le kwa dikagong, ke ditsheko. Ke jaaka o lebaganeng le kgokgontsho bogolo jang mo go bomme. bona kitchen ya kwa Matsha e santse e emetse ditsheko E bile gape ke le mme jaana, ke kopa gore kgokgontsho tseo, e sa dirisiwe, mme go se na fa go apeelwang e, e buiwe thata ke bommaboipelego, Dikgosi, Village bana teng. Gompieno jaana, le wildlife e e kwa Kang, Development Committee (VDC) le dikereke go tsibosa le yone e santse e emetse ditsheko tseo, e le gore tsela ka yone. ga e a direga. Jaanong ditsheko tse, di a dia. Gape fa Fa ke tsena mo go tsa Trade ke re, ke leboge Tona ke tsena mo metsing, o ne o bua ka gore bontsi jwa go simolodisa leather industry park. Ke tiro e ntle go metsi a tswa from underground, mme thatathata metsi a a kgotlelesega. Ke dilo tse e leng gore re le Puso, re simolodisa tiro e Tona Mma Serame ka gore, e ya go tshwanetse re babalele golo moo. tlhama mebereko, e ya go fokotsa lehuma, e bile e ya go oketsa batho ba ba tshwanang le ba Kgalagadi North. MR BOKO: On a point of clarification. Thank you Balemi-barui gore ba rue thata gore go tle go nne le Mr Speaker. Honourable Member, ke ne ke batla go matlalo a a yang kwa leather industry park. tseeletsa mo kgannyeng e o e buang, e e boammaaruri ya ditsheko tse di kwa makgotleng a ditshekelo gore Fa ke tsena mo go CEDA; ke bona e dira sentle thata, re a dumalana gore di dia ditlhabololo mo maphateng e bile e tsweletse sentle. Mma ke re, a e tsenye leitlho a a farologaneng, e ka nna kwa maphateng a metsi, thata mo balemi-baruing, bogolo jang ka nako ya education le kwa kaekae, tse di tlaabong di le fa pele ga leuba. A e ba thuse thata ka gore ba a bo tlhokana le makgotlatshekelo. Tse dingwe e bile e le kgang ya kago dithuso tsa go reka dijo. Ke go leboge ka gore mananeo ya tsela, re kgona go tsaya dingwaga tse pedi re seka a gago a bomme, poverty eradication, Livestock gore tender e abilwe ka tsela e e ntseng jang. Ke kgang e Management and Infrastructure Development (LIMID) e tshwenyang go boammaaruri. Gongwe o akanya gore le Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture go ka dirwa jang to speed up the process ya ditsheko tse Development (ISPAAD), a tlaa tlhokana le madi a a kana go leka go araba selelo se o ntseng o se re baya fa pele, ka P3 billion. Ke re mananeo a, a lebelelwe thata bogolo o re kitchens kwa dikoleng tse di ka fa tlase ga kgaolo jang kwa dikgaolong tsa rona tsa Kgalagadi North. Re ya gago, ga di kgone go agiwa ka pele? O akanya gore tlhokana le lenaneo la poverty eradication gore le direle re ka thusega jang because ga se selelo sa gago o le nosi, banana mebereko. Tsone ditante tse o fitlhelang ba di ke selelo sa Batswana ka kakaretso gore dikgang tse di fiwa tse, tse ba di dirisang mo manyalong, ke dingwe na le go tsaya nako e telele? Ke a leboga. tse di botlhokwa. HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)… Fa ke fetsa ka ya metsi ke re, ke lemoga ditogamaano tse dintsi tse Puso e di akantseng go di dira jaaka MR BOKO: Ke ne ke mmotsa potso e e botlhokwa, o se Land Administration Procedures, Capacity and ka wa re ke mo diela nako. Wena kana …(inaudible)…o Systems(LAPCAS), ke tswelelopele e ntle. Se ke tshameketse ruri.

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MS MONNAKGOTLA: Ee, ke a leboga Motlotlegi MR SPEAKER: Ee, it has been reviewed. So Boko. Kgang e e ntseng jalo, ke solofela gore Public Honourable Majaga is going to be number two, which Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) e tlaa means he is the next one after Honourable Monnakgotla. baakanya molao, e tlaa baakanya ...(interruption)… Ke Then he will be followed by Honourable Kablay, dilo dingwe tse e ka di lebelelang thata. Kana ke rona ba followed by Honourable Molao, Honourable Moabi and re dirang melao, mme re tlaa baakanya. then Honourable Reatile will be the last.

Ke tsena mo go ya ditsela; ke a bona gore Tona o On this side, we have also reviewed the list because tsweletse ka go dira ditsela thata e bile go go ntle, jaaka Honourable Mmolotsi is going to come after Honourable re bona Francistown a kgabile, re na le spaghetti mo Mathoothe, then followed by Honourable Keorapetse lefatsheng la rona la Botswana. Ke dilo tse dintle. Ke and Honourable Motsamai, in that order. lebeletse gore kwa go rona kwa western, o kare ditsela HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure. di kwa moragonyana Tona, tsenya leitlho mo go dirweng HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure. ga ditsela. MR MAJAGA (NATA-GWETA): Ke a leboga… Ke utlwile o bua ka tsela ya Charles Hill-Ncojane, ke MR TSOGWANE: On a point of procedure. Nnyaa, ke tiro e ntle e o e dirileng, mme tswelela ka bontle jo o bo ne ke re gongwe ke gakolole ka gore e tlaa re go ya kwa dirang joo, o e tseye gone mo Ncojane jalo, e tsene fa pele, ba bangwe ba bo ba tsietsega ba le basha. Kana Hukuntsi, mme e bile e bo e fetele le kwa Tsabong, re the procedure ya Ntlo ke gore, the proportion ya dipalo lebile bojanala. Ke dilo tse dintle tse Tona a tsweletseng tsa diphathi mo Ntlong should be reflected fa go tla mo a di dira mo lefatsheng la Botswana. go reng batho ba bua ba le kae, so that is what has been Ke maiteko a mantle a Puso ka go dira ditlhaeletsano maintained, jaaka re bua ka yo o nosi yo, o tsaya 100 tsotlhe mo lefatsheng la Botswana. Re a bona gore per cent fa a buile. gongwe le gongwe le kwa settlements tota, gompieno HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Interruptions!)… re kgona go tshwara cell phones. Ke tiro e ntle e o tsweletseng ka yone Tona, tswelela fela jalo. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure Mr Speaker.

Ke lemoga fa go na le kgatelopele mo mafaratlhatlheng MR SPEAKER: Yes, you are quite right Leader of the a ditlhaeletsano ka ke moo le mo dikoleng tse dintsi House, go teng. I am trying to look for the Standing le kwa dikgaolong tsa rona, go setse go tsentswe Order right now, but it is there in the Standing Orders mafaratlhatlha a a ditlhaeletsano. Golo mo go supa gore that the proportion will vary depending on the majority, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), re gatetse pele e that is why I am taking two from this side then I will bile re e tlhoafaletse re le lefatshe la Botswana. Jaanong take one, two, then one until we finish the list. mo go ntseng jalo Tona, ke dilo tse dintle thata gore re The other thing that I am going to request you to do, bo re tlhoafatse, a re tswelele pele fela jalo. because we are left with one hour 25 minutes, so if Fa ke tswelela gape jalo ka dikgwebo tse di potlana ke you can please, if you do not need to use the whole 15 minutes, finish your presentation as early as possible so re, Motlotlegi Mma Serame, dikgwebo tse di potlana di that we can have more time for Honourable Members to sekame di le dintsi ntateng ya bolwetse jo. COVID-19 speak. Thank you. e amile dikgwebo tsotlhe tse di tona, tse di fa gare le tse di nnyennyane, di tlhokana le go tsosiwa. Dilo tse MR MAJAGA: Thank you Mr Speaker. Ke ne ke re… go ka thusa thata Puso, bogolo jang tsa bojanala. A re HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure Mr Speaker. lebeleleng dilo tseo gore lefatshe la rona le tle le nne le itsholelo e e botoka. Ke a leboga. MR SPEAKER: Kana procedures tse ke tsone tse di diang nako. MR SPEAKER: Honourable Members, nnang fa fatshe, ga ke itse gore ke eng fa le ema ka dinao ka gore HONOURABLE MEMBER: Nna fa fatshe. ke na le order. Let me announce that this side list has been reviewed… MR LESASO: Mr Speaker, Motlotlegi Motsamai o ntaetse gore ga a yo mo list eo, go raya gore o ka tsenya HONOURABLE MEMBER: Ao! nna gone foo.

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HONOURABLE MEMBER: Nnyaa, le nna ke a tsena. processes, speed up le mo neele e le Motswana wa sekei jaaka ke etle ke bue. Fa a paletswe, bangwe ba tlaa tla HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Interruptions!)… ba partake in that regard. Ke dilo tse re tshwanetseng MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa Honourable Lesaso, se dire go di lebelela. jalo, ke tlaa bona gore ke dira jang nna. For now, re bona major projects tsa metsi tse di tlaa tlang, of which ke tsone tse di godisang economy. Gompieno MR MAJAGA: Ke a leboga. Ke ne ke re Mr Speaker, fa o ya kwa Shashe West, Tati West le Kgalagadi, a lot ke lebogele thulaganyo e e dirilweng ke wena le bo of youths are going to be employed fa projects tseo di Tona gore re bo re tla ka thulaganyo e e ntseng jalo, e simologa, ke dingwe tse re tshwanetseng re lemoge gore gongwe mongwe fa a ka gakologelwa, ke diphetogo tse those creation of employment. Ba bangwe go tsweng di tona, mme e se diphetogo tse di dirwang ke rona, e le foo ba ya go tswelela ruri. tse di dirwang ke seemo se re tshelelang mo go sone. If you can recall very well, re a tle re dire our budgets or Fa ke ya kwa Transport, Tona o re beile mafoko pele recurrent budgets gangwefela, but because of the new gore post COVID plans tsa lephata le ke gore le dire normal and COVID, go dirile gore bo Tona through the jang. Tona, e re re leboga maiteko a a diragalang, ka Minister of Finance and Economic Development, ba bo gore ga re ka ke ra tlhoka go leboga ka gore tse dingwe ba ka tla le thulaganyo e e ntseng jaana, gore re itse di a bonala. Fa o bona selo, ga o ka ke wa tlhoka go gore re lebile fa kae, re isa lefatshe fa kae. Ke selo se re se leboga wena o se bona. Tla re leke go go thusa ka tshwanetseng go se lemoga. dikakanyo to go further, gore thulaganyo e ya ditsela, fa re bua ka economy jaaka ke ne ke sa tswa go bua Fa ke tshwaela mo go tsa Land Management and ka lefatshe, ditsela are of more importance. Fa ke tsaya Water Sanitation Services, nako e tsile Tona kana re le tsela e tshwana le ya A1, ka Modimo o teng COVID e Goromente gore thulaganyo ya lefatshe, e tshwanetse tlaa feta, Tona a re direng tsela e ka phases. Re setse re e to be unlocked le yone e se ka ya tshwara our ailing tsere ka kwa ga Mochudi, re e tsere ka kwa e mo Tonota. economy. Ke tlaa fa sekai jaaka kwa Sowa, lefatshe Each and every Recurrent, fa o ka nna o beela fa thoko le lentsi ga le bewe batho, ga go na matlo. Go sale go (budget) P200 million, in three or four years e a bo e agilwe matlo ka Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) setse e le dual carriage road. Dikotsi le tse dingwe, go ka 1990, fa go bulwa mo moepong o, mme there are nna easy way of doing business. people who can partake. Fa batho ba tla kwa go wena Tona ka dithata tse o nang le tsone, ba neele sekidi sa Go na le kgang e e tshwenyang, ka gore re lebeletse five or 10 hectares ba age matlo, so that you unlock. ditsela tsa sekonotere fela; bitumen standard, but Dilo tse di ntseng jaana, fa o ka nna le dithata, mme ke maloba go ne ga dumalanwa gore ditsela tse e leng gore itse gore o na le dithata. di a go lebagana le gravelling or being done by councils ke tse di mo metseng fela. Go lebega ministry o e rile o O tlaa bona go sa die dilo, ka gore private partnership, tsaya ditsela tse di neng di etle di dirwe ke dikhansele, ke fa sekai, fa go na le moepo o tshwana le wa Sowa go bo go nna mathata. Fa o tsaya tsela e tshwana le ya kwa wa BotAsh, go na le khansele le BHC, they can Mosetse/Lepashe/Matsitama up to Mokubilo, e e tlang partake in that. Ka ditlhotlhomiso tsa me, gantsi go dia e wela mo Serowe, ke e e ka dirwang, mme mo nakong land allocation, dilo tseo re di bone. Ke itumele ka gore, ya gompieno le fa e le gravelling ga e dirwe entirely. Fa mo mekwalong mengwe go supagetse gore by this time o tsaya tsela ya Zoroga/Gweta go ya kwa Mmatshumo e next year, in other areas re tlaa bona land allocation e tsena ka Rakops, ke ditsela tse di tshwanetseng go dirwa tsibogelwa, e bile go se na backlogs. Ke sengwe se se ka ka gore in those areas fa e feta ka Thabatshukudu, those thusang, ka gore without land allocations, economy e ya are production areas, ke baruakgomo ba ba serious. go nna stagnant. Let us encourage Batswana ba hirise Batswana ba Nata-Gweta, nama yotlhe e e fitlhelwang ditsha tsa bone, ba se ka ba rekisa ka gore rona re batho kwa kgaolong ya ga Shamukuni, e tswa gone kwa. ba re senang madi a cash. E nne mo go rona; o Kgosi, Namibia le Zambia ka kwa ba tsaya dikgomo kwa. Mokhanselara kana Mopalamente kwa dikgaolong gore Those production areas, go tshwanetse gore ministry wa no! We do not have cash, mme a batho ba hirise lefatshe ga Rre Segokgo o gope (gravel) those roads, because re la bone, botshelo bo ye kwa pele re dire ditiro. Lefatshe itse gore ga gona madi, but those are good accessible lone, ga o ka ke wa ya le lone kwa legodimong. Fa roads for production centres fa re bua ka temothuo. E motho a batla go bewa a dira ditlhabololo, a dirile all bile ba tlaabo ba thusitse bo Mme Manake ka kwa. Then

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o bo o ka fitlhela botshelo bo a tsamaya, le employment gore gongwe mo next financial year ka gore e ama nna, creation e nna teng re lebeletse the agricultural sector. wena le Rre Kapinga, kwa go ya kwa Mohembo, e tlaa Le yone e lebe jalo, tse di batlang to be renamed ka dirwa fa ke utlwile ditlhaloso tsa yone sentle. gore tse dingwe di ne di se na maina a ditsela, di dirwe jalo jaaka go kile ga dumalanwa, fa ditsela di tsewa mo Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente, ke ya kwa dikhanseleng. lephateng la ga Tona Balopi. Nako e tlile Tona, gore e re ntswa re kanoka dilo tse tsotlhe gore re ye golo gongwe, E nngwe ke ya railway lines, railway line plays… thulaganyo e e sa bolong go nna teng e, ya gore re le Puso re beele batho gore seelo ke P5.95 per hour, seelo MR HIKUAMA: On a point of clarification Mr ke P6.95, malatsi a re dirisana le batho ba ba senang Speaker. Ke a leboga Honourable Member. Ke batla boammaaruri. Ba dirisa seo to oppress Batswana. gore o ntlhalosetse sengwe fa, gongwe wena o a A kgang eo e lebiwe ka nngwe tsela, gore batho ba tlhaloganya. If I can direct you to paragraph 23 ya ga kgone go amogela. Fa o ka ya kwa dikgaolong tse di Honourable Thulagano Segokgo, o bua gore, if I may tshwanang le Chobe le Nata, batho ba ba berekang in quote Mr Speaker... the tourism sector, o ya go fitlhela tips fela ka letsatsi a MR SPEAKER: Go ahead Honourable Member. na le US$200; e le tips a sa utswe. Fa o lebelela madi a gotweng a a amogele ka a, ke dilo tse re tshwanetseng MR HIKUAMA: “My ministry has also begun to design re di lebelele. Di nne sentle Batswana ba se ka ba nna and reconstruct the A3 road from Francistown to Nata, o kare ba jewa ntsoma. Le ministry, e re le ntse le dira and Maun to Mohembo, following the withdrawal of dithulaganyo ka koo, le lebelele to cross-check difofane loan from the Chinese Government by the Government (airplanes) tse di kwa tourism le choppers, le nne le di of Botswana due to the terms of the loan.” Honourable adima le le lephata, le ye gone kwa mafelong a a kwa Member, o tlhaloganya eng ka loan e? Ga se yone e go deltas le gongwe le gongwe kwa. Visibility ya lona e neng gotwe ke madi a mahala a re a filweng ke China? bonwe, le bone gore go hirilwe batho ba ba kae e bile go diragala eng. MR MAJAGA: Ke a leboga… Strikes tse re di bonang di diragala, di dirwa ke P5.95 MR SPEAKER: Honourable Majaga, tlaa ke gakolole go bo go se na communication jaaka re ne re bona Avani sengwe se se technical. The reason why that microphone le mafelo a mangwe. A re di tsibogeleng, re itse gore gongwe o ne o tlola ka fa o tlolang ka teng, fa re emelela batho ba ba batla ditiro, mme fa ba batla ditiro ga ba a Honourable Members I think we should not buela thata tshwanela gore ba nne mo oppression. mo go one. Fa o bua o se ka wa o atumela thata. Lephata la Trade, kana ke lone our engine of growth MR MAJAGA: Ehe! E ne e le bomb ya ga Hikuama, of this economy. Lebelelang jaaka le dirile bontle go raya gore o buile thata. Nnyaa, ke ne ke re motlotlegi, jotlhe, lebelelang these parastatals; fa di le dintsi thata kana tsela ya Nata-Francistown rona re sa le re bua please, reduce and merger them. Fa di le 12, seemo ka yone re santse re le Makhanselara, e na le lebaka. se ntse jaana, remain with eight, because re a itse Ministers ba ile gangwe le gape gone kwa. Re ne ra gore parastatals salaries tsa tsone di ntse jang. Ga di tlhalosetswa, ga tlhalosetswa lefatshe gore nnyaa, re tshwane le bodiredi jwa Directorate of Public Service bone madi kana loan from China, mme ga go a ka ga Management (DPSM), jo fa gongwe o fitlhelang gantsi dumalanwa ka terms and conditions. Re le lefatshe ga re bo laolwa ke Puso. ka ke ra tla ka gore ga re na madi kana ga re na ditsela, re bo re tla re patikwa. Kamoso re bo re tloga re tseelwa E ntse ke le mo go yone eo gongwe ke tsaya mhago; go lefatshe ka tsela ya P5 billion e e leng gore re le lefatshe ya pele le gone re tlaa kopa Rre Kabo Morwaeng, ke le rona re ka itirela. Ke sone se se dirileng, mme ke tlaa Tona yo o utlwisisang gore golo mole ga bogologolo ga kopa ba ba maleba gore, kwa Mohembo, Maun, Nata DPSM, re go fokotse gongwe go sale senior Government le Gweta Directors, Permanent Secretaries (PSs) le officials ba hirwa koo. Ministries di iphirele directly, go Matona ba nne ba ye go tlhalosetsa batho gore nnyaa, bo go nna le motho yo o ka hirang a bo a koba jaaka seemo ke se batsadi. So that all of us come on board, rona re itse gore five years fa a tsena, bangwe re a tswa, ka gore dilo tse gangwe le gape, go diragala jaana re bangwe ba a sala. Kwa bodirelapusong go tsewa bo 20 bo re sia bangwe kwa morago. Jaaka ba tlhalosa gore or 30 years. Fa gongwe o fitlhela go santse go na le tse dingwe di tlaa nna di ntse di dirwa on spot, ke tseela circle go santse gotwe go kwalwa dikwalo, motho a

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nna fela gone foo a sa dire sepe. Lefatshe le fetogile, re kare ke fashion. A re bueng dilo tse tsotlhe and condemn tshwanetse go bula matlho, re lebelele dilo tse sentle for them. Go tswa foo go dirwe sentle, go bonwe dipalo tota the great Botswana. gore a mme ga go na borre ba kgokgontsho eo e leng teng mo go bone. Fa gotwe five per cent e tle fela, ba Fa ke ntse ke le on this ministry, a Botswana Development bangwe ba tletse mo Ntlong e. Dilo tse di tshwanetse Corporation (BDC) e nne clear Motlotlegi Tona, le lona go nna teng, go nne ntlha e le nngwefela, e se ka ya nna le encourage Batswana go itse. Batswana ga ba itse gore o kare bomme le the girl child, the boy and the men, le Botswana… bone go nne le dipalo tse di tlaa papamalang, di supa …Silence… gore go diragala jang.

MR SPEAKER: Honourable Member, your speaker. MR SPEAKER: Your time is up Honourable Member!

…Silence… DR GOBOTSWANG (SEFHARE- RAMOKGONAMI): Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. Pele MR SPEAKER: Tsena fa next door o feleletse. ke supe gore Rre Gare, re go lebogise gore o bo o tlhatlositswe maemo go nna Tona ya merero ya Temo MR MAJAGA: Mr Speaker, ke ne ke santse ke tsweletse le Leruo. Ga o a latlhega thata, o se ka wa tsaya gore ka Lephata le la Trade gore ba lebelele bo Botswana… o timetse ka gore gone kwa temo le leruong koo, go HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure. a beeletswa. Go na le merero ya papadi, ke madirelo, o santse o siame fela. Bagaetsho, go na le dikgang tse MR MAJAGA: Re a go itse ka o kile wa nna Speaker re tshwanetseng go tlhapa mo go tsone gore in terms jaanong re a bo re tlaa tshwaragana le bothata. of policy, ra reng? Are we for self-sufficiency in food MR MOATLHODI: Procedure. Hei! batho ba production or food security? These terminologies mean Modimo. Ke tlaa go shout fa e le gore o bua dilo tseo. a lot mo dikgannyeng tse tsa temo le leruo. Re tlaa boela Mr Speaker, the procedure is that every Member has to fa moragonyana, re supe gore e rile ka 1991 ga nna le speak from the seat that has been allocated to him. He policy ya agriculture e e neng e bua ka food security. Re cannot migrate from there, a ba a ya kwa. ne re itse gore re na le madi a diteemane, maikaelelo e le gore re ka reka dijo, go sa tlamege gore re bo re ka re HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)… re ka lema dijo because we do not have a comparative advantage ya go lema dijo ra ijesa. Go lebega o kare re MR MOATLHODI: Ke bua le Speaker, ga ke bue le santse re tshwere kgang eo mme ka dipounama o kare le wena. Ao batho ba Modimo! Mokgwa seeta le motho. dumalana le rona ka kgang ya gore ga e ka ke ya re o le MR SPEAKER: You are quite right Honourable lefatshe wa jesiwa ke lefatshe le lengwe. O tshwanetse Member, it was just for convenience. go ijesa, o nne food self-sufficient. Ke yone kgang e tona because you can be food secure without being MR MAJAGA: Mr Speaker, ke a itumela. Ke ne ke food self-sufficient. Rona re batla go lema dijo tse re santse ke tsenwe ganong ke mongwe ke santse ke tlhalosa ijesang. Go bo go raya gore le lone leina la gore Lephata thulaganyo e ke leng mo go yone. Mo botshelong go ntse la rona le bo le bidiwa Agricultural Development and jalo, go na le tse dingwe tse re ka se keng ra di bua mo Food Security, ga go a tshwanela gore go ka bo go ntse Ntlong e. A go bonwe gore go dirwa jang ka bo BDC, jalo. Kgang ya rona ra re re bua ka agriculture and CEDA le National Development Bank (NDB). Go se ka rural development. Kgang e e dirwa ke gore re dumela ga bewa mokgweleo otlhe fela gore CEDA e tlaa nna e gore temo le leruo mo dikgaolong tsa magae ke yone adima businesses and companies madi. Manufacturing konokono ya ditlhabololo. Re tshwanetse go bua ka dilo and tourism kwa bo Sowa; a go iwe go fiwa batho ba tse di ntseng jaana. lefatshe, ba kgone go dira chemicals and many other businesses. Go a diragala. Bagaetsho, re tshwanetse ra supa gore go na le fa re dumalanang teng. Selo sa ntlha re a dumalana gore temo Ya bofelo ke tlaabo ke tsena mo go ya ga Mme Annah le leruo e botlhokwa mo ditlhabololong. Sa bobedi re Mokgethi, gore a melao e baakanngwe. Ga go na ope dumalana gore e wetse kwa tlase fela thata. Ke dilo tse yo o dumalanang le Gender Based Violence. Fa o na re dumalanang le tsone ka gore gompieno jaana ga e le bana, mosadi kana basadi ba ba nang le bone mme dire sentle. E ka bo e le gore re eletsa go ntsha dijo tsa se se leng teng ke gore fa dilo tse dingwe di diragala, o lesika la mabele le mmidi tsa 300 000 metric tons. Re

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a fufula gore re ntshe dijo fela tse di nnang 100 000 na le thulaganyo e re tshwanetseng gore re e tlhomamise metric tons fa re re tlhoafetse. So, go raya gore re santse ke gore, batho ba bo ba a ja dijo tse di nang le dikotla re le kgakala fela thata. Potso ke gore mathata ke eng? gore di tle di ba sireletse mmele... Re itemogetse gore mathata a ntlha ke gore balemisi le boralophalo go dirilwe gore ba nne mo diofising, HONOURABLE MEMBER: Elucidation. ga ba fe bogakolodi jo bo tlhokafalang mo baleming DR GOBOTSWANG: You will elucidate ka nako ya le baruakgomo. Ke kgang ya ntlha. Re tshwanetse go gago mmaetsho. boela kwa go baakanyeng seemo se se ntseng jalo. HONOURABLE MEMBERS: ...(Laughter!)... Kgang ya bobedi ke ditlhotlhwa tse Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) e rekang dijwalo DR GOBOTSWANG: Jaanong bagaetsho, ke rata tsa balemi ka tsone. Re akanya gore re tshwanetse gore kgang e ya temo e e mo letshitshing la noka… re ise madi a kwa BAMB gore e kgone go reka thobo ya balemi ka ditlhotlhwa tse di kgotsofatsang gore motho HONOURABLE MEMBER: Be courteous to others. a ye temong a sa kgatlhwe fela ke gore o ya go lemelwa DR GOBOTSWANG: Hei! nako e nnyennyane, mahala, a ye temong ka kitso ya gore o ya go lema a dikgang di dintsi. Temo e ya letshitshi la noka bagaetsho bo a roba, a bo a bona madi. Ke kgang e nngwe ya ke a e lebogela, mme mo kgaolong ya rona re lela ka botlhokwa. Limpopo. Bo Tona ba Ditsela le Temothuo, thulanyang Kgang e nngwe ya boraro ke go dumela gore ga re ka ditlhogo bagaetsho, re batla gore re nne le access to ke ra tswelela re baya fela mo puleng, re leletse kwa Limpopo. Re batla gore re nne le thulaganyo ya go lema godimo. Re tshwanetse gore jaanong re simolole go epa mo letshitshing la Limpopo, re batla go tshwara ditlhapi, matangwana gore re kgone go simolola temo ya nosetso. re dirisa metsi le tsotlhe. Re batla go dirisa tsa bojanala mo Limpopo. We want access to Limpopo, it is a very Kgang e nngwe bagaetsho e e leng gore ga e na le fa serious matter mo kgaolong ya rona, so a ko le bueng e le gore o bo o le maitseanape wa eng gore o lemoge kgang e re e utlwe gore la reng ka yone. gore ke mathata, ke ISPAAD ya balemi ba ba jelang mo ganong gotwe ba leme ka ditselana. Thulaganyo Bagaetsho, go na le dikgang tsa lefatshe tsa bo Banyana eo e humanegisitse balemi. So, re tshwanetse gore re e Farms, tse di tshwenyang, tse re tshwanetseng gore tota baakanye. re le baeteledipele, re tlogele go ya go thulathulana le batho. E bo Tautona fela gotwe o tswa go lwela Banyana Ke a itumela ka gore Palamente e tsere tshwetso, Farms le Batswana, go bo gotwe, nnyaa ke Motswana e dumalane gore jaanong wena Tona Rre Gare, se jaaka mongwe le mongwe. Hei! Tautona ga se Motswana o tshwanetseng o se dire ke gore o ye go baakanya jaaka mongwe le mongwe... thulaganyo e, gore yo o batlang go gasa a gase, yo o batlang to plant can plant. Yo o batlang go tswakanya a HONOURABLE MEMBERS: ...(Applause!)... tswakanye. Jaanong re tlaabo re go emetse, mme ke go DR GOBOTSWANG: Mma ke go fe kgaitsadiake itse ke go tshepha, ke tsaya gore o tlaa baakanya kgang Mme Manake, one second, o a bona gore nako ya me e eo. tsamaile. Ke raya fa e le gore Mr Speaker o a go letlelela.

Bagaetsho, mafatshe a tsamaetse kwa pele, mafatshe a ASSISTANT MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL bua ka nutrition sensitive agriculture. Ke gore ga re a DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY (MS tshwanela go lema fela gore re je re bo re re re kgotshe. MANAKE): Point of elucidation. Thank you Mr Re tshwanetse gore re lwantshe tlala e re e tlwaetseng ya Speaker. Ke dumalana le Honourable Gobotswang fa go ja dijo, mme go na le tlala ya dikotla, e bidiwa hidden a bua ka nutrition sensitive production e re neng re e hunger. Yone thulaganyo e, ke utlwa e sa tswe mo bua fa maloba, le fa a re ga e tswe mo dipounameng, e dipuonameng fa re bua ka agriculture and food security, a buega, le fa Rre Kwape a ne santse a le kwa Health mme jaanong kgang e tona ke nutrition sensitive and Wellness, gompieno re kopane le Rre Dikoloti, re agriculture. Molaetsa wa teng ga o tswe Tona. Molaetsa ntse re bua ka yone. E bile they are the ones guiding o tshwanetse o tswe, o utlwale ka tsela e e ntseng jalo, our production, ka gore e na le nutrition e ntsi e re ka gore dikotla mo mmeleng di botlhokwa thata go tshwanetseng to focus on, for bana ba ba tswang kwa sireletsa mmele. O bona le ka COVID-19 jaana, fa go tlase to avoid malnutrition. Ke a leboga Mr Speaker.

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DR GOBOTSWANG: Tanki Mr Speaker. Kgang e MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa iketle, iketle! lona kana le nngwe mo lephateng le e ke batlang go wela mo go yone bolawa ke gore fa ke bua, le tlaabo le batla go ntsenya ke ya matimela Mr Speaker. mafoko mo ganong. Ga ke batle dilo tseo. Gongwe o tlhalosetse Ntlo gore a go na le melawana mengwe e HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of procedure. e thibelang…ke gore ga re bue ka His Excellency the DR GOBOTSWANG: Tlhokomela nako foo Mr President Masisi, any President, even the previous ones, Speaker. did they have any laws that said they cannot tender for dipolase tse di tshwanang le bo Banyana? Ke gore re se MR TSOGWANE: Point of procedure. Nnyaa, kgang ka ra bua ka the current President, even for the previous, e re batla gore re e tlhatswe. Ga se procedure Mr is there anything that bars them from tendering? Speaker gore motlotlegi a bo a ema fela a re Tautona ga Gongwe fa o utlwa Leader of the House a re jaanong se Motswana yo o nang le ditshwanelo tse Motswana re nna out of order, we were debating it le maloba ke ne mongwe le mongwe a nang le tsone, re tlhola re bua ke reeditse, ke le fa, ke leka go nna fa gare, gore mme o kgang e. Re batla gore re mo tlhaloganye gore golo kare ga go tswe sentle mo dipounameng tsa rona, ke eng moo o go tsaya kae ka gore molao o teng? Fa e le gore fa re re… jaaka re ne re dirisa lefoko la gore dipounama, Tautona ga a na ditshwanelo, o ka bo a sa letlelelwa to ga go tswe sentle mo dipounameng tsa rona, gore ke tender kana go ikopela lease jaaka Motswana mongwe eng Honourable Member a rialo, gore House e tle e nne le mongwe. Kgang e ya gore go bo go tliwa fa batho ba happy about that. batla go iphitlha ka monwana, ga re ka ke ra dumalana le yone. O tshwanetse gore a re bolelele gore go kwadilwe MR KEORAPETSE: Point of procedure. Mr Speaker, fa kae gore Tautona ga a sa tlhole a na le ditshwanelo kana lease ya Banyana Farms e gone jaana President go tse Motswana mongwe le mongwe a nang le tsone, tsa lebegang a e filwe ya 16 years, mathata a re nang le one gore he can apply for lefatshe, and lease. Le gone o ka kwano is that, the Executive power of Botswana vest tshwanetse a itse gore fa a ntse a bua ka batho ba ba in the President in terms of Section 47 and that power botlana, tsone leases tseo, o a itse gore go ne go duelwa is exercised by him, or his subordinates. Jaanong the bokae? Ke ba le kae ba e leng gore they qualified ba ba process of awarding a lease is an Executive decision, botlana ba a buang ka bone? jaanong mathata a re nang le one ke gore, e bo e le gore the head of the Executive... MR SPEAKER: Honourable Leader of the House, o ne o batla clarification, gongwe he will clarify. Ke ne HONOURABLE MEMBER: Lona bo mang? ke ipolelela gore gongwe ga a tswa mo tseleng, he was MR KEORAPETSE: Rona re le ba opposition, at least debating and probably you can ask him to explain. Part Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). Mathata a re e ke e ratileng ke fa o re gongwe Honourable Member nang le one ke one ao Mr Speaker, gore how can we avoid a re tlhalosetse jaaka o ne o re, fa a re Tautona ga a a conflict of interest in a matter e e leng gore the person tshwanela to tender for Banyana is he... who heads the Executive, ke ene jaanong who applies HONOURABLE MEMBER: ...(Inaudible)... for Banyana Farms. E bo e le gore his subordinates have to preside and decide on whether they give him a lease MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa, it is very important gore or not. Ke yone problem e re nang le yone fela. Problem gongwe a tlhalosetse House gore re se ka ra akabala mo ya rona ke ya governance Mr Speaker and fa e le gore Ntlong gore... the other side of the aisle ga e dumalane le... HONOURABLE MEMBER: ...(Murmurs)... HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of order.

MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa, iketle pele Rre Ramogapi, a MR SPEAKER: Who is rising on a point of order? ko o inketlele pele. A re tlhalosetse re nne clear le rona. Kana I am trying to make a ruling on something which HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure. has been actually raised by Leader of the House e le a MR KEORAPETSE: Nnyaa, on top of another point of order and I am trying to find out how does it procedure? become a point of order. Gongwe fa e le gore o na le information... HONOURABLE MEMBER: Nnyaa, gakere o feditse.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: ...(Inaudible)... MR KEORAPETSE: Ga ke ise ke wele.

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MR SPEAKER: Ke tsaya gore you have made your this House would both be out of order and procedure if point. we did not follow our traditions and rules. The debater was on the floor. His Honour the Vice President, the MR KEORAPETSE: Nnyaa, I have not. I am saying Leader of the House, raised a point of procedure. the President as the head ya Executive, kana he is the There must be a ruling on that particular point. What one appointing all these subordinates, including bone ba has happened now which degenerated into whether or ba mo sekasekang gore a o ka fiwa Banyana Farms. So not there is a substance to what the debater was talking that is where we have a problem and a re dumalaneng about, it is not on the floor. The question is whether or gore fa re a farologana. Ga re re President ga a na rights not he is entitled to hold the view that he has and to as a person, but we are saying on this particular issue, he express it in this House? That is all. Therefore, now we must stay clear of conflict of interest,e e leng gore he is are debating as to whether or not the President can have abusing his office. The subordinates have to assess his a house or what. That is irrelevant to the actual topic on application, that is where we have a problem. We cannot the floor. The question is whether or not the speaker can run away from this. This is a recipe for state capture. express the views that he expressed? If we do not agree MR TSOGWANE: Point of procedure. Nnyaa, Rre with him, that is fine. When we debate, we will come. I Keorapetse o timetsa batho, ga go na fa go kwadilweng, think there is a point of procedure raised by His Honour not even in the Constitution, gore when you are holding the Vice President, and I say please, rule on it and then an Executive position you cannot apply for sepe. Fa everything will calm down and we debate the issues on go ntse jalo, Tautona cannot apply for Omang, setsha, the floor. What is happening Mr Speaker, and also with because all those people ba ba sekasekang dilo tseo ba due respect, now when you invite him to explain his kwa tlase ga gagwe. views, I am sorry to say…

There is nothing like that. Ga o ka ke wa tlhopha this MR SPEAKER: We got you Honourable Dow. particular farmer, o bo o bua ka ga yone. What about DR DOW: Yes. Thank you. Please rule Mr Speaker Omang, passport and land board he applied for? O on… kgona go ikopela setsha kwa land board le plot ya bonno. MR SPEAKER: Whom did I invite?

HONOURABLE MEMBER: Order Mr Speaker. DR DOW: You see now Mr Speaker, you are again entering into a debate with me, which is against the MR TSOGWANE: Why is he applying for all those tradition… things? Ke eng? MR SPEAKER: Kana wa re now that when you invite HONOURABLE MEMBER: Order Mr Speaker. him and there are several people who spoke.

MR TSOGWANE: So, governance e tswa fa kae gone? DR DOW: You expressed the view Mr Speaker, that Therefore, do not confuse the nation. Tautona o na le the debater must now expand on his position. How he ditshwanelo, it has been like that. BoTautona ba na le debates, whether he expands or shrinks, it is up to him. ditsha, ba ba bonyeng dipolase mo nakong e e fetileng He is either right in terms of the rules to express the view ba ne ba di ikopela fela ka tsela e e siameng. If there that the President cannot own a farm. That is his view. was any corruption, you could be stating gore go na le He is entitled to express the view that he does not agree corruption fa, not what you are saying. Ga o ka ke… with that. That is his view. I do not think any speaker HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of procedure Mr must be compelled now to expand on their position. It Speaker. does not matter what the position is. When we respond, we will deal with that. I think right now the topic is tota MR TSOGWANE: …(Interruptions!)… now he does fela se se mo pampiring e, e seng gore Tautona a o ka not have the rights. nna le farm kante ga nke a nna le yone. Thank you.

DR DOW: On a point of procedure. Thank you Mr HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Applause!)… Speaker. I want to use my powers or privileges in understanding Standing Order 13, which relates to the MR SPEAKER: Ga ke itse gore le opelang diatla. I do role of the Father and Mother of the House. I believe that not understand.

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HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa, wena kana Ramogapi o ntse fela jaana. MR SPEAKER: Can I clarify something? Ke tsaya gore fa o ntse fa setilong se ke leng mo go sone, mogote HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)… wa teng o ka o utlwa. MR SPEAKER: Ramogapi, sit down! HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Laughter!)… HONOURABLE MEMBER: You are lost completely. MR SPEAKER: Jaanong ga o ise o pote ka kwano… This is a clear debate.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Laughter!)… MR SPEAKER: Can you sit down.

MR SPEAKER: …o ka se ke wa itse mogote wa teng. HONOURABLE MEMBER: No, you are lost Mr Kana there was an issue that was raised, the Leader of Speaker. the House stood on a point of procedure. When he stood up, he did not express any point of procedure, he was MR SPEAKER: Who has allowed you to speak? seeking for clarification from the speaker; the person HONOURABLE MEMBER: We are advising you who was on the floor. Then I made a follow-up and I am that you are lost. very clear about it and said, Honourable Leader of the House, you should have sought for clarification. MR SPEAKER: Ramogapi!

HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… HONOURABLE MEMBER: No, you are lost Mr Speaker. MR SPEAKER: Honourable Members, can you listen. MR SPEAKER: Ramogapi! Because nna sitting here, ke utlwa o kare ke ratile go dumalana le Leader of the House jaaka a kgalema e le HONOURABLE MEMBER: Mo kobele kwa ntle. mogolo gore a re se ka ra ntsha Tautona jaaka example kwa Banyana. MR SPEAKER: Ke tlaa go koba.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: Rra! HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)…

MR SPEAKER: Nnyaa, iketleng pele. Ke tloga ke MR SPEAKER: Ke a go bolelela, mme ke tlaa go koba. nna fa fatshe, a bo ke bitsa sebui. Ke leka go baakanya HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… kgang ya ga Mother of the House. A re se ka ra dira jalo. A bo ke re mme I am not very clear ka gore ba bangwe MR SPEAKER: Ruling ya me ke e le fa gotwe I am ka fa ba a dumela ba re you are debating. Ke ne ka re I debating; a re se ka ra dirisa mafoko a a sa tlhalosegeng am not very clear gore are we really on the right track in the House, a a ka dirang gore ba bangwe ba akanye gore re bo re ema re bua ka kgang ya to tender polase gore mongwe Motswana o tsewa ka leso legolo, ga ise and single out another citizen just because he is the ke re Tautona. Jaanong Honourable Gobotswang, ke President, gore ga a na that entitlement. Le nna ke bala ne ke kopa gore o tswelela ka debate ya gago rraetsho, molao, ke a itse and I have been here for many years. re utlwile fa o tseneng teng mme re ne re re a re se ka The previous Presidents from my knowledge, have also ra dirisa mafoko a e keteng o kare bangwe Batswana had the same entitlements. Jaanong why this one is said jaanong ba tsewa ka leso legolo. Ke a leboga. a ka se ka a ikopela polase? HONOURABLE MEMBER: Ke kopa go go gakolola HONOURABLE MEMBER: Kana you are debating, Mr Speaker. o a ipona gakere. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure Mr Speaker. MR SPEAKER: No, I am not. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Ke kopa go go gakolola HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… nkgonne.

MR SPEAKER: Come on. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)… MR SPEAKER: Ee, nkgakolole.

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HONOURABLE MEMBER: Procedure Mr Speaker. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of order Mr Speaker. MR MOATLHODI: Ke filwe tetla bagaetsho. Motlotlegi Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente, ke MR SPEAKER: Honourable Gobotswang! ne ke re ke go gakolole fele ngwana wa bomma gore fa o le mo setilong seo, ke wena rara. Standing Order 57.1, HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of order. jaaka chapter o re e beile pele, se go fa thata gore ope a MR SPEAKER: Nte ke mo ithome pele Honourable se ka a tsenya sepe... Can I read it for you? Leader of the House. MR SPEAKER: Go ahead. HONOURABLE MEMBER: Nnyaa, a point of order HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… e tswe kwa floor sir.

HONOURABLE MEMBER: O senya nako. MR SPEAKER: Nte ke mo ithome pele, ke tlaa go bitsa. MR MOATLHODI: Ke kopa go go gakolola. Ga ke senye nako, ke gakolola Mr Speaker. Le katla Speaker HONOURABLE MEMBER: Point of order. tlhogo. MR SPEAKER: Tlaa ke mo ithome pele, ke tlaa go HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)… bitsa. Honourable Gobotswang, ke a go kgalemela, o HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Laughter!)… boela gape mo kgannyeng.

MR MOATLHODI: Standing Order 57.1 has this to LEADER OF THE HOUSE (MR TSOGWANE): say, “A Member shall restrict his or her observation to Point of order Mr Speaker ke gore, fa o dirile a ruling, the subject under discussion and shall not introduce o raya a Member o re tswaya mo kgannyeng eo, he must matters irrelevant to that subject.” Ga go na gope fa do that, exactly jaaka Rre Moatlhodi a ne a bua. Golo mo go buiwang ka Omang le Motlotlegi Rraetsho Tautona. go na le talelo fela e ke sa e itseng on the Speakership, e The Chapter e mo letsogong la rona, we must stick to ke iseng ke e bone fa e sale ke nna mo dingwageng tse di that. If the person a sa itebaganye le seo Motsamaisa fetileng. Lenyatso fela le le ntsi le e leng gore… Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente, mo kobe. HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)... MR SPEAKER: Thank you very much. Honourable MR TSOGWANE: Ga ke nke ke tlhoka go… Moatlhodi, thank you very much. Ke lemogile gore go na le bangwe ba ba sa baleng Standing Orders, and fa ba HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)... tsena fa they just say whatever they want to say. Ga ba itse tsamaiso ya Ntlo. Jaanong fa re leka go ba gakolola MR TSOGWANE: Hey, rraetsho, you must listen. gatwe you are debating. What was actually echoed here Gakere o a bona se a se dirang? You must order these ke gore the Member is irrelevant, he is now talking people out of the House. about other things. Therefore, re kopa gore a tsene mo HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Murmurs)... tseleng, a bue ka kgang ya gagwe, a se ka a introduce dikgang tse di tlaa dirang gore jaanong ba bangwe ba MR SPEAKER: Honourable Members… gakgamale gore ka monna yo o ne a ntse a le fa, now he has moved somewhere else. Honourable Gobotswang, HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)... please do not be irrelevant. MR SPEAKER: Honourable Keorapetse, o a itse gore DR GOBOTSWANG: Honourable Speaker, go I have got great respect for you, and ke kopa gore o botlhokwa thata gore re tlhabolole temothuo ya rona. tlotle the Speakership of the House as well. I have got Ke batla go supa gore fa go na le seemo se se tshwanang great respect for you, jaanong ga ke itse gore fa wena o le sa Banyana Farm, se e leng gore maikaelelo a sone ke sa kgone go tlotla, mathata ke eng. Ke tsaya gore Leader go tlhabolola balemi ba lefatshe le, re tshwanetse gore of the House is quite right, he is correct. Ke dirile ruling re ele tlhoko gore re le baeteledipele ga re iphitlhele re ka re Dr Gobotswang a tlogele go nna irrelevant in ile go lwela dipolase tseo le batho ba bangwe. Kgang ke terms of Standing Order 57.7, e re neng re e balelwa ke gore a e kare o le Speaker, wa ya go lwela tenders tsa Honourable Moatlhodi. Fa a ema, o nna irrelevant gape. Palamente le batho ba gago kwa ntle? So, o batla gore ke reng, ke mo kobe?

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HONOURABLE MEMBER: …(Inaudible)... Fa re bua ka ditsela, nnyaa go na le maiteko, mme re santse re na le tse tota di batlang tlhokomelo e e rileng. MR SPEAKER: Gakere o a utlwa gore gatweng? Bogolo if they are not tarred, they should be graded. MR TSOGWANE: Rraetsho, ke batla go supa standing Tsela ya Moshopha/Shakwe, e a tshwenya, ya Radisele on my feet gore ga go na ope of all the people yo o ka go ya Mokobeng, le yone bontlha bongwe jwa yone nyatsang ruling ya ga Speaker. I would never do that, e setse e le noka. Tsholofelo ya me ke gore, tsela ya and I have never done that in the whole life ya me ya bo Radisele/Pilikwe e tlaa dirwa. Go na le tse dingwe tse di Palamente. Rre Moatlhodi ke yo, we have been together, setseng di sule. Fa o tsamaya fa gare ga bo Machaneng ga e ka ke ya re Speaker a nthaya a re se dire jaana, ke le bo Sefhare, fa o tswa fa gare ga Chadibe go ya go bo ke tswelela ke dira jalo. What I am saying ke gore, tsena bo Ngwapa, ditsela di sule mo sections tse dingwe fa Speaker a dirile a ruling, it must be obeyed by all di batlang go dirwa sesha. Members of Parliament. Motho ga a tshwanela gore fa a Mabapi le Trade; kgang e ya South Africa le Botswana tswa fa a bo a e bapisa. O tshwanetse gore fa a go raya a e tshwanetse gore e baakanngwe. Our biggest trading re tswaya mo kgannyeng eo, o tswe mo go yone. partner ke South Africa, mme dipuo tse o fitlhelang di DR GOBOTSWANG: Mr Speaker, mma ke tlotle buega gone fa, ka dikgang tse dingwe tse di fatlhang setilo seo sa gago, ke tswe mo kgannyeng e ya Banyana our key trading partner, ga se dikgang tse di siameng. Farms. Ke tswelele ka dikgang tse dingwe ka gore o Dikgang tse bagaetsho, di tshwanetse go baakanngwa. kare e a fisa. Go na le kgang e ke dumelang gore re tshwanetse go e Ke batla go bua ka kgang ya matimela, gore bagaetsho, sekaseka; ya decentralisation of the industrial centres. kgang e ya gore dikgomo ke matimela, ga ke itse gore Ke tsaya gore COVID-19 e re bontshitse gore go gatwe bothata ke eng. A kgomo e kare e na le Omang, kgobokanya sengwe le sengwe mo Gaborone, go tlaa tshipi, go bo gotwe ke letimela? Gompieno ga o ka ke re direla mathata. A ko o bone fela fa Palapye e ne e le wa utlwa gotwe go na le matimela a dikoloi, go bonwe industrial centre, dilo ka bontsi di ka bo di le koo. Metse koloi B 235 ASW kwa Francistown, mong wa yone o e e gaufi le Palapye e e tshwanang le bo Mhalapitsa, kwa kae? What is this thing about matimela a dikgomo Lecheng le yone e ne e tlaa tloga e tshutshuma fela, di na le tshipi, Omang le lenyena? Molao o wa matimela e bonala. Bagaetsho, maloba batho ba ne ba tshwere o tshwanetse go baakanngwa, batho ba jetswe dikgomo bothata ka dikgang tsa Letlhabile. E le gore Local go lekane. Enterprise Authority (LEA) e kwa Palapye, batho ba ya Palapye ba bo ba boa. Akanya motho a tswa Ngwapa Bagaetsho, ke batla go feta ka kgang ya metsi, ke bue kana Machaneng a ya Palapye a latetse LEA. Ke eng fela gore nnyaa, ka metsi batho ba kgaolo ya me fa ke le o sa nne le satellite offices mo dikgaolong tse tsa rona? kwa ka weekend, ba rile ka tlotlo le boikokobetso, Tona Fa e le sengwe mobile services, o tle ka koloi fa o itse ya Metsi ba kopa gore o tle go tlhalosa seemo sa metsi gore go na le lenaneo la mofuta o, gore batho ba ye go sa kgaolo ya Sefhare-Ramokgonami. Ditlhaloso tse re thusiwa. reng re a di ba neela, ga ba sa tlhole ba di dumela. Go simologile ka Rre Kedikilwe e le Tona mo lephateng Fa ke bua ka brigades, please take them to Patrick lone le, a bua gore re tlaa gokelwa mo Lotsane, ra se ka ra Van Rensburg. Thulaganyo ya lona ya brigades tse di gokelwa kwa Lotsane. Maloba re boleletswe gore go ya jesiwang e nna bana, that is not the model of education go epiwa didiba kwa Shakwe, di bo di nosa Machaneng, with production. The critical model wa education gore Machaneng e tswe kwa bo Sefhare le bo Chadibe. with production wa ga Patrick Van Rensburg ke one Le gone moo, karabo ya teng ga e sa tlhole e le teng. o o berekang. Brigades di ne di ikemetse, di humile, Gompieno Tona ke utlwa sentle le mo pampiring ya gompieno le di humanegisitse. gago, o batla go re gokela mo pipeline e e tswang north e ya south (North-South Carrier). Dikgang tse ga ba di Bagaetsho, babereki ba mo mathateng Tona, ba a lela, dumele le fa re re re a ba bolelela. Ba rile ke go kope fa o ya kwa Kromberg, Unitrans, Avani, ke selelo. The ka boikokobetso gore o tle o tsene fa go bone fale o ba Commissioner of Labour is a glorified Headman of tlhalosetse dikgang tse. Se ba se buang ke gore, ba batla Arbitration. O agisanya batho, fa a sena go dira jalo, metsi otlhe a didiba a boele kwa Khanseleng. Ke kgang companies ga di tlhole le gore o ne a bua eng. A re mo fela e ba sa e boeleng morago, a metsi otlhe fela bogolo tsenyeng meno a tshwane le Director of Health Services, jang thata a didiba, a boele kwa Dikhanseleng. Director of Veterinary Services, a lomalome, e seng

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gore a nne a glorified Headman of Arbitration gotwe o Ntlha e nngwe e gotweng didiba di tshwanetse di agisanya batho. A dilo tseo di baakanngwe bagaetsho. katologe ka bo six kilometres, re tshwanetse ra lebelela dintlha tseo. Go mosola thata gore kilometres tse le di Go na le kgang ya bana ba dikole tsa university, ba filwe fokotse gongwe di ye go tsena mo go bo four kana three. admissions, sponsorships ga di yo Professor; o kae? Fa go ntse jalo, ga re ka ke ra dirisa lefatshe ka fa le Sponsorships di kae Professor, bana ba lelalela fela ba tlhokafalang ka teng. Ga re ka ke ra kgona go lemela dumeletswe, sponsorship letters ga di nne teng. Bothata dikgomo tse re di ruileng. Ke ntlha e e tshwanetseng go ke eng bagaetsho? Ke tsone dikgang tse di tshwanetseng lebelelwa. go dirwa ka bonako jo bo rileng. Fa o tsaya masimo a a tshwanang le kwa Dikabeya, kwa Citizen Economic Empowerment (CEE) Mmaetsho, o bo Palapye, kwa go nang le balemi ba ba kgonang go ne o rile e tlaa tla mo Palamenteng yone e. Gompieno lema, mme products tsa bone ga ba kgone go di rekisa fa o bua, o bua fela jaana e bile o kare ga e na le fa e le mo madirelong a matona a dijo gone mo Palapye. Re lenaneo le timeline, o bua fela gore e tlaa tla Palamenteng. tshwanetse gore fa re tla ka mananeo a, re bo re itse O re solofeditse gore e tlaa tla Palamenteng yone e, gore mme market wa bone o teng gone koo. Go se ka jaanong tsholofelo ya rona ke gore a e tle Mmaetsho. ga fitlhelwatrucks di tswa mo Gaborone di ya to supply Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. vegetables kwa Palapye le Serowe kwa go nang le MR SPEAKER: The time is up Honourable Member. balemi who produce the products tse di rileng. MR MATHOOTHE (SEROWE NORTH): Thank Ntlha e nngwe e re tshwanetseng go e lebelela gape you Mr Speaker. Mma ke simolole fela ka Ministry of ke gone gore, mafatshe a a tshwanang le one a bo Investment, Trade and Industry. Dikabeya, le project e nngwe e e kwa Serowe e e neng Fa o lebelela, go na le fa o tlhalositseng ka the ya dirwa under Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP), agricultural products gore re tshwanetse go lema, ra e go neng go tlhatswiwa metsi a a leswe, a tlhatswetswa dira fodder production. Re tshwanetse go lebelela gore gore go tle go lemiwe teng. Fa re setse re allocate, re yone thulaganyo e ntle e a tlang ka yone e, re lebelele tshwanetse re lebelele batho ba ba nang le passion ya go some other ministries tse di tsamaelanang le gore lema. Re se ka ra iphitlhela e le gore e tlaa re fela ke ne tsone dikgwebo tsa go dira dijo tsa dikgomo, di tle ke ntse ke se mo temong, ke bo ke ya go neelwa ditsha di kgonagale gore di nne teng. Maphata a tshwana le Lands, gore a mme a tsamaelana le se a se buang. Ke tsa go nna jalo, ke bo ke palelwa ke go lema. Ke dintlha dilo tse re tshwanetseng gore fa re dira dithulaganyo tse, tse re tshwanetseng go di lebelela ka gore fa o lebelela re bo re di lebile. gompieno gone kwa Dikabeya le gone kwa Serowe, batho ba ne ba fiwaplots tseo gotwe ba ye go lema, mme Fa ke ka go fa sekai, mo dikgaolong tsame, go na le se ba se dirang ke gore, jaanong ba batla go hirisetsa masimo, meraka, mme o fitlhela kwa merakeng, kwa ba ba kwa Serowe kana kwa Palapye. Motho a bo a re re ruetseng teng, ga go na ka fa ba Land Board ba ka go neelang lefatshe le gotweng o ka lema foo mme nnyaa, ke tlaa nna ke tswa fela mo Gaborone ke ya go o na le sediba. Ke dikgang tse re tshwanetseng go di tsaya rent. Ke dikgang tse re tshwanetseng go di lebelela lebelela gore fa re ntse re rotloetsa batho re re ba lemele ka gore di felela di kokonela ba ba tlhoafaletseng temo. dikgomo, a policy ya lefatshe e a letla gore ba dire jalo. Ke buisiwa se ke mabaka a gore, fa o le mo morakeng o Fa o tsena kwa market stalls tse di agilweng ke na le sediba, go se na bojang, phulo, o palelwa ke gore Dikhansele, le gone o fitlhela go na le seemo sa gore o nne le tshimo e o ka e dirisang, o dirisa le sediba se sa fa di setse di abiwa, di batla gore di neelwe ba informal gago se se nang le metsi a mantsi a a ka kgonang go dira sector, e nne bone ba ba kgonang go ya go rekisetsa yone thulaganyo ya fodder production. Ke dikgang tse foo, fa gongwe gape e le rona ba gongwe re nang le re tshwanetseng gore fa re bua ka mananeo a a ntseng itsholelo e e botoka, re tlaabo re siana gape e nna rona ba jaana gore a tle a nne teng, re bo re di lebile. re yang go tsaya market stalls tseo, re bo re di hirisetsa Kgaolo ya me e na le meraka fela e mentsi; re na le bone ba the informal sector. Jaanong fa re bua ka dilo meraka ya bo Tšimatšoko le kwa bo Nkabajenaa, batho tsa investment, re tshwanetse ra lebelela makalana a ba tlhoka fa ba lemelang teng, mme ba na le lefatshe le mangwe that contribute mo go reng fa re tla ka product le nonneng, le metsi. Ke dikgang tse re tshwanetseng go e e rileng e re batlang go thusa Batswana, re bo re di lebelela. lebeletse makalana otlhe ka bophara.

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Fa o lebelela Motion wa maloba o re neng re o amogela, metseng. Ke dingwe tsa dintlha tse re tshwanetseng ra wa ga Rre Letsholo, o o neng o bua gore transportation di potlakela, ka gore, fa o ka tsaya madi a a kanang ka of goods di tshwanetse to be reserved for Batswana, re bo P40 million o bo o ya go tsenya motlakase gongwe tshwanetse re lebe beyond that. Fa re o tlogela o ntse kwa Tshimoyapula, mme jaanong o bo o sa etle o jalo, re tlaabo re itumela re re nnyaa, re fetisitse Motion atolosa, kana go raya gore ga o tle go nna le batho ba ke wa Batswana. Fa monana a tsena kwa Morupule a ba ka kgonang gore ba gokele motlakase gore ba kgone re, ke kopa le mphe a letter of intent ya gore ke kgone gore go reka units, o bo o ka kgonwa ke madi ale a o go kopa madi kwa CEDA, ka re buile ka gore we kgonneng gore o tsenye motlakase ka one mo motseng localise transportation, gore ke tle ke tseye magala ke wa go nna jalo. Ke dikgang tse re tshwanetseng ra di a ise kwa South Africa, manager wa kwa Morupule o lebelela. tlaabo a gana. Fa monana a tsena kwa Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) a re ka le isa nama kwa South MINISTER OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GREEN Africa, ke kopa the letter of intent gore ke tle ke tsene TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY SECURITY (MR fa bankeng ke tle ke reke refrigerated trucks tse di ka MOAGI): Clarification. Ke a leboga Mr Speaker, ke a tsayang nama tsa e isa kwa South Africa, ga ba kgone go leboga Motlotlegi Mathoote. Ga ke diege mongwame, dira jalo. Go mosola gore Ditshutiso tse re di sutisang, ke se ka ka go jela nako. Gakere mme o a lemoga gore re ye go itebelela kwa maphateng gore jaanong gore re kgang ya motlakase e o e buang e, ke gone gore botoka tle re je monate, kana di ungwe maungo a a rileng, re re o ise kwa re go bitsang production centres, ka gore bo re create environment e e conducive for that kind of jaanong kwa Tshimoyapula jaaka o bua, re o isa koo ba a Motion. Fa go sa nna jalo, go raya gore Batswana ba bo ba sa gokele mo go one? Bogolo bone re ba thuse dipampiri ba ba nang le madi, ba ya go dirisa ntlha eo ka dilo tse di tshwanang le bo gongwe motlakase wa ka gore le bone e a bo e le Batswana, bone ba bo ba bio-gas kana wa solar o ba ka o iphetlhelang fela mo ntsha madi a bone mo pateng, a bo trucks tsa bone di lwapeng gona le gore re bo re ba imetsa ka wa grid o supply sengwe le sengwe. Fa re bua ka go tlhabolola ba sa kgoneng gore ba o dire? Ke ne ke re clarify it banana jalo gore re ba direle ditiro, ke dikgang tse re mongwame. Thank you. tshwanetseng go di lebelela ka motlhale o o ntseng jalo MR MATHOOTHE: Kgang e ke e buang ke gore, ka gore kwa bofelong, re tlaabo re itumela fela re re motlakase o tlaabo o le teng, go na le ba ba palelwang nnyaa, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) e fetisitse ke go o tsenya ka gore gatwe ga ba mo mmepeng (map). Motion, we are empowering banana, but the actual thing Go raya gore le a bo le sa a atolosa, bone ba na le madi that is happening on the ground go sa nna jalo. a ba ka duelang ba gokela, mathata e le gore motlakase ga o a atoloswa mo motseng wa go nna jalo. Ke a bo ke Fa re lebelela tsa mining, e rile ka Palamente ya bua ka batho ba ba ntseng jalo mokaulengwe. December, go ne ga tlhalosiwa mo speech sa ga Tautona gore ba ya go sekaseka gore the uranium deposit e e Fa ke tsena mo dikgannyeng tsa metsi, gongwe ke supe kwa Serule, ba ya go e lebelela ka tsela e e ntseng jang fela jaana gore fa o lebelela plan e, go supafala gore gore ba tle ba lebelele gore they develop melawana e e metse ya Gojwane, Serule, Moreomabele go ya go tsena tsamaelanang le melawana ya mafatshefatshe of mining kwa bo Topisi, go tlaa gokelwa metsi. uranium, ya establishment of environmental radio- activity monitoring. Ke dikgang tse e leng gore fa re Kgang e e ntshosang ke gore, re bo re bua ka implementation. Ke yone kgang e ke tsayang gore bua jaana ka COVID-19, ke mangwe a makalana a re Honourable Minister Mzwinila, o tlaa tsosa maoto ka a lebelelang gore mme yone uranium e ka re tlisetsa mo go yone. Batho ba metse e, ga ba a bolo go lela ka letseno le le ntseng jang mo lefatsheng la Botswana, ka metsi. Ke a bona gore sengwenyana se a bonala ka gore gore jaanong seemo sa itsholelo ya rona se ya kwa tlase. kwa Paje go ya go tsena kwa Tshimoyapula, ba setse Ke dingwe tse gongwe fa re bua ka fa tlase ga minerals, ba simolotse. Gongwe re tlaa nama re ntse re letile ka di ka bo di nnile teng gone fa. gore fa metsi a ka tsena mo metseng e, go ka tokafala mo seemong sa batho ba Serule, ba ba ntseng ba sokola Fa re ntse re lebelela gape, mo dikgaolong tsa rona, thata ka metsi. Nako e ke neng ke tlhophiwa ke nna mo kgannyeng ya motlakase mo metseng ya rona, fa Mopalamente, ba buile ka metsi gore ke one a ba a re bua ka motlakase, o fitlhela go na le malwapa a tlhokang thata, fa go sa nne jalo, jaanong ba tlaabo ba sa kgoneng gore ba tsenye motlakase ka gore ga go ntlhopholola. Ke tsaya gore Rre Mzwinila, o tlaa tsosa a atoloswa reticulation ya motlakase go anama mo maoto thata.

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Fa re bua ka dikgang tsa ditsela; projects tse di tona HONOURABLE MEMBERS: … (Applause!) … tse, fa di goroga kwa metseng ya rona, other ministries bogolo jang Ministry wa Banana, o tshwanetse wa MR KABLAY (LETLHAKENG-LEPHEPHE): sekaseka gore ke lefe letseno le banana ba ka kgonang Thank you Mr Speaker. Rraetsho, mma ke simolole gore ba gopele mo projects tse di tona. Fa ke ka go ka Lephata la Investment, Trade and Industry. Santlha fa sekai ka tsela ya Serowe-Tshimoyapula, fa ba e rraetsho ke lebogele CEDA e e ntšha e Batswana betsho dira jaana, ba na le portable toilets tse ba kopilweng ba yang go thusiwa ka yone. Kana rona bogologolo ke ba environmental gore fa ba dira tsela e, it is a CEDA e ne e le moshomo. Mo kgaolong e ke tswang requirement. O bona rakonteraka yo o tlaabong a filwe, kwa yone ya Letlhakeng-Lephephe, re ne re itse CEDA o ya go itlela ka the toilets tseo. A tsamaya ka tsone kwa e sa re sologele sepe, e bile e sa sologele batho ba kgaolo Tshimoyapula mme go na le banana ba ba nang le toilets ya gaetsho molemo ka sepe. E rile re utlwa e ntšha e e tse ba di tsereng ka lenaneo la banana. O bo ipotsa neng Tautona maloba a e rola, ra e lebogela thata. Ra gore fa go nna jalo, jaanong ba ya go rentisa tsa bone bona gore batho ba dikgaolo tsa rona, ba Letlhakeng- kae? Ke dikgang tse e leng gore fa re di bua, ministry Lephephe, ba tlaa bona sengwe. Ba tle ba itlhabolole mongwe le mongwe, o tshwanetse o lebelele gore mo mo matshelong a bone, ba ikintshe mo lehumeng le le projects tse, re ka roba eng. Fa go sa nne jalo, re ya kanakana le Mr Speaker. Rraetsho, re ka leboga thata fa go felela gotwe banana madi a ba a tsereng, ba palelwa thulaganyo e, e ka goroga kwa bathong bagarona, e re ke go a busa. Dikompone tse di tlang jaanong di tla ka fa ba e kopa, ba e neelwe. Re se ka ra bua fela gore re sengwe le sengwe. Fa re bua ka local empowerment, ya go dira se, re ya go dira se. Fa batho ba kopa, le bo le re tshwanetse ra lebelela dintlha tseo. Minister wa simolola jaanong go batliwa se, go batliwa se. Go bo go Banana o tshwanetse a nne lefufa thata fa gotwe project nna thata, batho ba sa bone se ba neng ba se kopa gore e etla. Projects tse di tshwanang le railway line tse di ba ye go itshetsa mo matshelong a bone. Re ka leboga tlaabong di dirwa di ya kwa Kazungula, re tshwanetse thata rraetsho. Jaaka go ne go buiwa, a go nne jalo batho ra lebelela gore mme dilo tse di tlhokafalang fale, ke ba kwa ga rona ba tle ba ye go thusega. dife tse Batswana ba ka di dirang. Fa e le gore re bua Rraetsho, kgaolo e ke e emetseng, e tona thata; ka railway sleeves, ke kompone dife tsa Batswana tse re Letlhakeng-Lephephe. Bona gore Letlhakeng o kae and ka simololang gompieno to empower them. E tle e re fa Lephephe o kae. Dikgaolo tse, ke kopa Tona a bone kompone e e tswang kwa ntle e tlile go aga seporo, re bo gore a o ka se ke a dire diofisi tsa LEA le CEDA kwa re itse gore go na le dikompone tsa banana le Batswana Letlhakeng. Letlhakeng ke motse o o dikologilweng ke that will supply jang. Re se ka ra iphitlhela e le kompone dikgaolo di le dintsi; Salajwe, Takatokwane le Maboane. jaanong e tla ka sengwe le sengwe, e itirelela ka tsela e e Botlhe ba wela mo Letlhakeng. Letlhakeng ke motse o ntseng jalo. Ministries tsotlhe di tshwanetse di lebelele o motona le ka dipalo tota. Ke kopa gore a diofisi tsa gore project nngwe le nngwe e e tlang, re ka kgona to CEDA le LEA di goroge kwa Letlhakeng. A diofisi empower ka tsela e e ntseng jang. tsa LEA le CEDA di goroge kwa Lephephe ka gore le one o dikaganyeditswe ke metse e mentsi; Sojwe, Fa ke tsamaela kwa motsubong, ka gore kamoso ke Boatlaname, Shadishadi le Loologwane. Ke sone se ke letsatsi la di one, go tlaabo go simololwa go rapelelwa neng ke se kopa Mr Speaker gore, a dilo tse re leke go bolwetse jwa Corona, ke kopa gore le Domkrag re e di isa kwa bathong. Batho ba se ka ba nna ba palama tsenye mo teng. lebaka le le leele ba tla mo Gaborone, ba ya Molepolole HONOURABLE MEMBERS: … (Laughter!) … ka go kgakala. Ba bangwe ba na le dikeletso mme fa gongwe go se na sepe mo kgetsaneng. Fa ba akanya MR MATHOOTHE: Le yone re tle re e rapedise. go ya Molepolole, ba ya go tsaya kae madi a transport mme diofisi di ka bo di le gaufi le bone. Ba ne ba ka HONOURABLE MEMBERS: … (Applause!) … ema ka dinao, ba taboga ba ya go ikopela dithuso gore MR MATHOOTHE: Gongwe e kare re e rapedisitse, le bone ba tle ba itshetse mo lehumeng le le kanakana. ditiro tse re di buang fa, tsa ya go dirwa ka nako. Go Mr Speaker, ke sone se ke neng ke re ke simolole ka go botlhokwa gore re ba rapedise ba ye go dira tiro ka bua ka sone. bonako jo bo rileng. Gongwe mowa o o boitshepo o tla Mr Speaker, ke bue ka metsi; re a leboga re le kgaolo tsena mo go bone gore ba se ka ba nna ba bua dilo, ba e ya rona. Ga re a tshwanela go nna re ganetsa kana re tla ba di itatola. Thank you Mr Speaker. nyatsa fela se re se bonang se Goromente wa rona a se

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dirang. Re lebogela metsi a re neng re lela ka one ka a a botswerere a o a buang o re bana, e re ba bona 10th Parliament. Re lela gore thusang kwa Shadishadi shelengnyana ba ikagele matlo kana metse ya bone. le Maratshwane ga go na metsi. Gompieno Tona wa How do you reconcile with this situation Honourable Metsi o ne ema ka dinao, a bona gore metsi a tsena mo Member, lebaka le ngwana a le tsayang, 27 to 30 years a dikgaolong tse. Re a mo lebogisa. Ke re Tona, ga go a emetse plot? Ke a leboga sir. lekana. O a itse gore kgaolo e ke tswang mo go yone, ke ya tengnyanateng, e e leng gore ga go na metsi, a MR KABLAY: Thank you Mr Speaker. Ke buile jalo teng a letswai. Gore o tshware metsi, ke gore o ye kwa rra gore bana ba eme lebaka le leele, a re bone gore re tengteng, ke gone o tlaa bonang. Re na le motse gatwe ka dira jang Tona. Ke itse gore o botlhale Tona, o na le Boatlaname, o re tshwarisitse bothata ga go na metsi a dikitsokitso ka lefatshe, o ka bona gore o ka dira jang a tswang. A Boatlaname rraetsho re mo siele metsi. Re se, wa leka gore o tle o arabe Honourable Moatlhodi. bone gore re ka dira jang gore batho ba Boatlaname ba Mr Speaker, ke ne ke santse ke re ke leboga Lephata la nwe metsi. Re na le metsi kwa Moshaweng, jaanong Motlakase thatathata, le kwa re neng re sa akanye gore ga re itse gore ke eng letsatsi le letsatsi gotwe ga a yo motlakase o ka tsena teng, kwa go neng go nyadiwa teng Tona. Bua le officers tsa gago kwa Molepolole ba tsenye gotwe owaii! Settlement e ke ya Basarwa, re ka se ke re marapo mo dinameng. Metsi a a mantsi kwa tlase ga tsenye motlakase, re ka se ke re dire fa, mme Minister lefatshe mo metseng. Gatwe mathata ke eng? Batho ba gompieno o tswa go tsenya motlakase koo. a lela rra, ke lenyora ka gore selemo se a tsena. Dikgaolo Ke batla go leboga Minister Molale e santse e le tsa rona ke tsa Kgalagadi tse di leng sekaka, tse go Minister wa motlakase, gore o ne a ema ka dinao a bona senang metsi mo go tsone. A go emiwe ka dinao, re bone gore metse ya Diphuduhudu, Loologane le Monwane e gore batho ba nwa metsi ka gore Goromete wa rona o tsenngwa motlakase. Re a leboga thata rraetsho, gore ntshitse gore batho ba a a nwe. batho bagarona gompieno ba bo ba na le motlakase, le bone ba tshwana le Batswana ba ba kwa Francistown le Rraetsho, a re eme ka dinao re neele batho lefatshe. Molepolole. Ke dilo tse fa go neng go buiwa sepolotiki, Batho ba dikgaolo tsa rona ba a lela, ga go na lefatshe go ne go buiwa o senngwa, ee, lona ka gore le ntse mme mo kgaolong e ke tswang mo go yone, le teng. Ke jaana, Goromente o le latlhile, mme ke batla go le laletsa tlhola ke ntse ke bua jalo. Ke ne ke ntse ke bua jalo. Ke bagaetsho gore a re yeng Diphuduhudu, kwa le neng le santse ke ntse ke bua jalo Minister. ntse le etle le ye teng, le ye go bona gore Diphuduhudu jaanong o ntse jang Mr Speaker. Ke sone se ke neng HONOURABLE MEMBER: … (Inaudible) … ke re rraetsho, ke leboge gore go bo go ntse jaana. Ke HONOURABLE MEMBERS: … (Applause!) … gakolole Tona gore a...

MR KABLAY: A batho ba neelwe lefatshe, ba MR MAJAGA: Clarification. Ke a leboga Motlotlegi itlhabolole. A bana ba rona ba neelwe lefatshe, ba Chief Whip, Honourable Kablay. Ke ne ke re mo itlhabolole. E se ka ya re ngwana a bereka, e re fa kgwedi kgannyeng eo ya motlakase ka fa o e tlhalosang bontle ka teng, a mme mo Botswana tota go setse go na le e fela, a bo a ya go reka mmotorokara. A ngwana e re metse e mentsi e e senang motlakase kana lefatshe lotlhe kgwedi e fela, a reke cement a ye go ikagela ka gore ba le lebega go setse metse yotlhe e tsentswe motlakase? a nyala ba batla go tswa mo malwapeng a bommaabone, Gongwe fa ke bua kwa kgaolong ya me, go setse jaanong mathata ke gore ba ya kae ka gore ga go na motse o le mongwefela wa Lepashe, jaaka o bua ka bo gope fa ba beilweng teng. Tona, o di buile tsotlhe the Diphuduhudu. Ke raya e le maiteko. terms tsa Sekgoa, re a kopa gore batho ba bewe. Re ne re ntse re bua jalo le fa re ne re ipapaletsa ditlhopho. Mo MR KABLAY: Thank you Mr Speaker. Ee, maitlamong a rona a Domkrag, re ne re bua jalo gore Mopalamente Majaga, dikgaolo tsotlhe tsa Botswana ke batho ba tlile go bewa lefatshe. A se rraetsho re neng tsaya gore di tsentswe. Mo kgaolong ya me, re tsentse re se bolelela batho, re tle go se diragatsa. Ke lebogela gotlhe, go setse motse fela wa Maratswane. Ke go thata Mr Speaker Lephata la Motlakase... gakolole Tona gore re na le motse wa Lephephe, mme go na le fa re tsentseng motlakase, kwa gongwe ga re MR MOATLHODI: Clarification. Ke a leboga a o tsenya. Rraetsho, ka gore ke thulaganyo ya gago, a Motlotlegi Motsamaisa Dipuisanyo tsa Palamente. Ke re leke go ema ka dinao, re tle re bone gore motse wa a go leboga thata mokaulengwe wa me, my leader, Lephephe, re o tsenya motlakase otlhe gore batsadi kwa Motlotlegi Mopalamente wa Letlhakeng. Mafoko Lephephe ba tle ba nne le motlakase.

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Sabofelo Mr Speaker, ke leboge rraetsho Minister wa MR KABLAY: …(Laughter!)…Ke tlaa reng rraetsho, ditsela, gore nnyaa fale le fale maiteko a gago mo fa ke ka bo ke na le dithata tseo, ke ne ke ka rialo, resealing ya ditsela re a a bona. Gompieno re a bona jaanong ga di yo. gore o dira resealing go tswa mo Boatlaname, go ya go tsena kwa Shadishadi le Lephephe. Ke se re se HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Laughter!)… lebogelang, mme ke ne ke go gakolola Minister gore MR KABLAY: Ga gona se ke ka se dirang. Jaanong sa kana ke sale ke bua le wena, gore go na le tsela go tswa me fela ke gore ke lelele mo go Minister, gore a le ka mo tseleng ya Lephephe, go ya go tsena kwa Lephephe se ke le kganele diteraka tse, a tsela eo re bone gore re Kgotla. Ke sale ke bua gore tsela ya teng, e sale e sule, a e baakanya. Ka gore fa re sa e baakanye, batho ba tlaa jaanong Minister, ke ne ke go kopa ka gore le kilometre tsamaya mo go eng. ga se kilometre, ditsholofetso tse o di ntsholofeditseng, a ko tsela eo e ye go diriwa. Ke se ke neng ke go se kopa Sabofelo se ke se buang Minister ke gore, a tsela ya rraetsho. Letlhakeng, re latlhelelwe sengwenyana mo teng. Batho ba dikgaolo tse ke di buileng tse, le bone ba batla Kana ke a bo ke gakgamala rraetsho, gore gompieno go tsamaya mo dikonotereng, ba batla go tlhabolola tsela ya Thebephatshwa-Letlhakeng, ke tsela e e leng matshelo a bone, re a itse gore kgaolo ya rona ya gore it is very busy. Diteraka tse di tswang kwa Namibia Letlhakeng bagaetsho, ke kgaolo e le mo dibukeng le Gantsi, ba dirisa tsela ya Letlhakeng. Jaanong tsela go kwadilweng gore ke kgaolo e e lehuma. Re ka ba e rraetsho, e a swa, e setse e fedile. Ke ne ke go kopa tlhabolola jang re sa dira ditsela? A re dire ditsela, re gore a tsela ya Letlhakeng le leke go e baakanya, e tlhabololeng batho, batho betsho. Tsela ke yone e e ka dirwe resealing gore le yone e tle e nne botoka, o bo tlhabololang batho, dishopo di ka ya koo, go ka dirwa o e teratelela ka gore dikotsi di dintsi mo ditseleng tse, dilo di le dintsi fa tsela e le teng. dikgomo tsa bagaetsho di fedile mo tseleng e, di thulwa ke horsescotch (horse and trailers) mo tseleng, ka gore Jaanong gompieno tsela e seyo, le to grade ditsela fa tsela ya Letlhakeng ga e a teratelelwa. Ke go kopa rra gongwe e le mathata nnyaa Mr Speaker, Minister o gore mo thulaganyong ya gago…(interruptions!)… tshwanetswe a akanye gabedi. Ga re gane ga gona Owaii! Kgaolo ya Letlhakeng ga go a dirwa sepe. madi, mme mo malobeng, ditsela tse dingwe go ne go Dikgaolo tse ke neng ke ntse ke lela ka tsone, bo adimiwa madi, bo International Monetary Fund (IMF) Malwelwe, Botlhaphatlou, Ngware, Diphuduhudu, le World Bank ba ne ba re adima madi gore re dire Monwane, Mmantshwabisi, Loologane, Maratswane ditlhabololo mo lefatsheng la rona. Ga re ka ke ra nna le Moshaweng, ke ne ke akantse gore gongwe o tlaa fela re bo re re nnyaa, ga go na madi, mme go na le kwa latlhela nngwe mo ditseleng tse sekonotere, mme fa ke re ka akadimang madi teng. Ba bangwe re ne re ntse ntse ke bona jaana, owaii! ga gona le fa e le sepe. Re re ba adimela madi, rona ke eng le ka se ke la adimela raya batho re ba raya re reng fa go nna jaana? Le fa e le dikgaolo tsa rona madi gore re dire ditsela? Why can we sekonoterenyana, le fa e le two kana three kilometres. not do that? Ke a go kopa Tona gore a ko o nne fa fatshe, o bone gore ditsela tse ke buang ka tsone tse, a o ka se ke nngwe mo Jaanong Mr Speaker, ke ne ke kopa Minister gore a go tsone, o di tsenye sekonotere, gore batho bagarona le bone gore re adima madi gore re tlhabolole batho ba bone ba tle ba tlhabologe ka gore ga gona motho ope yo garona, batho ba rona ba ntse ba tsweletse jaaka ba re o ka tlhabologang go sena tsela. Bana ba rona ba batla tlhopha jaana, ditsholofetso tsa rona a bo ba itse gore gore ba nne le dikoloi... nnyaa, mme re a di diragatsa. Ke sone se ke neng ke se MR MANGWEGAPE-HEALY: Clarification. Ke a kopa Mr Speaker, gore fa le ka dira jalo, re ka leboga. leboga Chief Whip... Sabofelo Mr Speaker, Rre Balopi, ba go emetse kwa HONOURABLE MEMBER: O a bo o tsile akere. Sojwe, kana o sale o ba solofetsa gore o ya go ba agela brigade jo bo nnyennyane. Go tswa go dirwa sengwe MR MANGWEGAPE-HEALY: …(Laughter!)… le sengwe, re tswa go senka setsha, jaanong re emetse Chief Whip, ga o bone tsela ya gago e o buang ka yone wena gore o ye go dira Mr Minister. Jaanong rraetsho, a gore motseletsele wa diteraka tse di fetang fale, ke tsone gotwe o eme ka dinao gore batho ba Sojwe ba se ka ba di onatsang tsela, kana Trans-Kalahari e tsamaya fela tloga ba go tlhoboga ka gore re tswa go bua le batho kwa kafa, gongwe tsela ya gago go ka bo gotwe megobagoba Kgotleng. Ke a leboga sir. e se ka ya e ralala, e ye kwa Trans-Kalahari. Ke a leboga.

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HONOURABLE MEMBERS: …(Applause!)…

MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION (MR MOLAO): Mr Speaker, tota e setse e tšhaile jaanong ke tshaba go tsaya space se. I will be engaged somewhere in the morning.

MR SPEAKER: Honourable Molao.

MR MOLAO: Yes Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Ehe! O tlaabo o seyo kamoso?

MR MOLAO: Yes.

MR SPEAKER: Alright, Honourable Mmolotsi.

MR MMOLOTSI (FRANCISTOWN SOUTH): Ke a leboga Mr Speaker. Ke lebogela gore ke bo ke bone motsotso le nna wa gore ke leke go itebaganya le dikgang tse di fa pele ga Palamente mo letsatsing la gompieno.

Ke supe Mr Speaker gore, mo nakong ya gompieno Palamente jaaka e ntse jaana, re tlhwaafaletse thata go bona gore kante re ka tlhabolola lefatshe le Batswana ka tsela e e ntseng jang. Ke itumelela gore Batlotlegi Matona a Puso ba sa tswa go re neela pego ka fa ba re e neetseng ka teng.

Ke supe Mr Speaker gore, mo dikgannyeng tsa...

MR SPEAKER: Order! Order! Honourable Members, as it is now 6:30 p.m. I shall now call upon the Leader of the House to move a Motion of adjournment.

MOTION

ADJOURNMENT

LEADER OF THE HOUSE (MR TSOGWANE): Mr Speaker, jaaka o laetse ke tlaa kopa gore Ntlo e e phatlalale.

Question put and agreed to.

The Assembly accordingly adjourned at 18:34 p.m. until Tuesday 1st September, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

Hansard No 198 43 HANSARD RECORDERS Mr. T. Gaodumelwe, Mr T. Monakwe, Ms T. D. Kebonang HANSARD REPORTERS Mr M. Buti, Ms Z. Molemi, Mr J. Samunzala, Ms N. Selebogo, Ms A. Ramadi, Ms D. Thibedi, Ms G. Baotsi, Ms N. Mokoka

HANSARD EDITORS Ms K. Nyanga, Ms C. Chonga, Mr K. Goeme, Ms G. Phatedi, Ms B. Malokwane, Mr A. Mokopakgosi, Ms O. Nkatswe, Ms G. Lekopanye, Ms T. Mokhure, Ms B. Ratshipa, Ms M. Madubeko

LAYOUT DESIGNERS Mr B. B. Khumanego, Mr D. T. Batshegi, Mr K. Rebaisakae

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