REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA THE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY OFFICES Parliament of Botswana P O Box 240 Gaborone Tel: 3616800 Fax: 3913103 Toll Free; 0800 600 927 e - mail: [email protected] www.parliament.gov.bw Introduction Mmathethe-Molapowabojang Mochudi East Mochudi West P O Box 101 Mmathethe P O Box 2397 Mochudi P O Box 201951 Ntshinoge Representative democracy can only function effectively if the Members of Tel: 5400251 Fax: 5400080 Tel: 5749411 Fax: 5749989 Tel: 5777084 Fax: 57777943 Parliament are accessible, responsive and accountable to their constituents. Mogoditshane Molepolole North Molepolole South The mandate of a Constituency Office is to act as an extension of Parliament P/Bag 008 Mogoditshane P O Box 449 Molepolole P O Box 3573 Molepolole at constituency level. They exist to play this very important role of bringing Tel: 3915826 Fax: 3165803 Tel: 5921099 Fax: 5920074 Tel: 3931785 Fax: 3931785 Parliament and Members of Parliament close to the communities they serve. Moshupa-Manyana Nata-Gweta Ngami A constituency office is a Parliamentary office located at the headquarters of P O Box 1105 Moshupa P/Bag 27 Sowa Town P/Bag 2 Sehithwa Tel: 5448140 Fax: 5448139 Tel: 6213756 Fax: 6213240 Tel: 6872105/123 each constituency for use by a Member of Parliament (MP) to carry out his or Fax: 6872106 her Parliamentary work in the constituency. It is a formal and politically neutral Nkange Okavango Palapye place where a Member of Parliament and constituents can meet and discuss P/Bag 3 Tutume P O Box 69 Shakawe P O Box 10582 Palapye developmental issues. Tel: 2987717 Fax: 2987293 Tel: 6875257/230 Tel: 4923475 Fax: 4924231 Fax: 6875258 The offices must be treated strictly as Parliamentary offices and must therefore Ramotswa Sefhare-Ramokgonami Selibe Phikwe East be used for Parliamentary business and not political party business. The use of P/Bag 018 Ramotswa P O Box 62 Sefhare P/Bag 0050 Selibe Phikwe constituency offices for political party affiliation can contaminate the basic Tel: 395111 Fax: 5390152 Tel: 4948651 Fax: 4948653 Tel: 2611358 Fax: 2611342 principle of representation. Constituents should therefore be able to visit Selibe Phikwe West Shashe West Serowe North or to contact their Member of Parliament at a politically neutral office. The P O Box 815 Selibe Phikwe P O Box 513 Mathangwane P O Box 2137 Serowe Parliamentary constituency offices are provided to each elected Member of Tel: 2622371 Fax: 2622200 Tel: 2413121 Fax: 2442306 Tel: 4638143 Fax: 4638145 Parliament including Cabinet Ministers. Serowe South Serowe West Shoshong P O Box 3530 Serowe P/Bag 0013 Serowe P/Bag 10 Shoshong The offices are fully furnished and equipped with office equipment such as Tel: 4634469/4/5/4637984 Tel: 4634470 Fax: 4634912 Tel: 4769631/2 telephones, computers with network connectivity, photocopying machines and Fax: 4634952 Fax: 4769631 other office consumables. As Parliament owns and manages these constituency Takatokwane Tati East Tati West P/Bag 010 Letlhakeng P O Box 1650 Francistown P/Bag 0015 Masunga offices, it is its responsibility to maintain their operational costs. The operational Tel: 5932456/307 Fax: 5932457 Tel: 2419151 Fax: 2419400 Tel: 2489760 Fax: 2489787 costs include payment of salaries of constituency office staff, rentals of the offices, electricity, water and telephone bills. Thamaga-Kumakwane Tlokweng Tonota P O Box 804 Thamaga P O Box 30717 Tlokweng P/Bag 06 Tonota Constituency Office Staff Tel: 5999233/845 Fax: 5999436 Tel: 3957774 Fax: 3957004 Tel: 2485090 Fax: 2485154 The constituency offices are managed by staff which is identified by the Member of Parliament. The staff complement in each constituency office includes an Administrator/Researcher, Secretary/Typist and a Messenger/ Cleaner. Some Constituency Offices have two (2) Night watchmen as part of their staff. The contract of constituency staff is tied to the Parliamentary life or tenure of the Member of Parliament. 3 6 IntroductionContacts for Constituency Offices Among other functions, the Constituency Administrator is responsible for the day RepresentativeBobonong democracy canBoteti onlyEast function effectivelyGhanzi if Souththe Members of to day management of the constituency office on behalf of the Member of ParliamentP O Box 1244 are Bobonong accessible, responsiveP/Bag 46 Letlhakane and accountable P O to Box their 188 Charlesconstituents. Hill Parliament. The role of the Constituency Administrator is to assist the MP to serve TheTel: 2629644mandate Fax: of 2629647 a ConstituencyTel: 3976367 Office Fax: is to 2978080 act as anTel: extension 6592290/2 of Parliament his or her constituents in a more effective manner. They must be able to respond Fax: 6592291 at constituency level. They exist to play this very important role of bringing to public queries and meet constituents when the Member of Parliament is out Boteti West Chobe Goodhope-Mabule Parliament and Members of Parliament close to the communities they serve. P O Box 261 Rakops P/Bag K8 Kasane P O Box 192 Goodhope of the constituency. The constituency officers are expected to work the normal ATel: constituency 2975091 Fax: 2975093office is a ParliamentaryTel: 6252759 Fax: office 6252758 locatedTel: at 5404068 the headquarters Fax: 5404351 of government working hours 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. eachFrancistown constituency East for use byFrancistown a Member South of Parliament Jwaneng-Mabutsane(MP) to carry out his or Mandate of Parliamentary Constituency Office herP O Parliamentarybox 3026 work in theP constituency. O Box 36312 Francistown It is a formalP Oand Box politically 125 Jwaneng neutral Nswazi Mall Francistown Tel: 2401058 Fax: 2410531 Tel: 5882875/6 The primary objective of Constituency offices is to provide citizens and local place where a Member of Parliament and constituents can meet and discuss Tel: 2417620/772 Fax: 2417742 Fax: 5880142 organizations with the opportunity to engage the Member of Parliament on developmental issues. Francistown West Gabane-Mankgodi Kanye North their problems and needs. They are expected to fulfill a wider role including the TheP/Bag offices F126 Francistownmust be treated Pstrictly O Box 660as Parliamentary Gabane officesP/Bag MKand 31 Kanyemust therefore following: Tel: 2415921 Fax: 2418439 Tel: 3947440 Fax: 3947446 Tel: 5403070 Fax: 5403071 be used for Parliamentary business and not political party business. The use of 1. They are an important means to enhance the representative role of Parliament. constituencyGaborone Bonnington offices North for politicalGaborone party Bonnington affiliation South canKanye contaminate South the basic Promotes the interaction between MPs and their constituents which is critical principleP O Box 4154 of representation. P/Bag Constituents BO 343 Gaborone should thereforeP/Bag MKbe 12 able Kanye to visit African Mall, Gaborone Tel: 3163992 Tel: 5443379 for true representation. The offices were created as a means for Members or to contact their Member of Parliament at a politically neutral office. The Tel: 3181027/9 Fax: 3926856 Fax: 3922840 Fax: 5403106 of Parliament to interact with constituents on issues that are of concern to Parliamentary constituency offices are provided to each elected Member of Gaborone Central Gaborone North Kgalagadi North them, and also to inform constituents about the programs and activities of ParliamentP/Bag BO 246 including Cabinet P/BagMinisters. BR 104 Gaborone P O Box 449 Hukuntsi Parliament. Bontleng, Gaborone Tel: 3900531 Tel: 6510375/6 The offices are fully furnished and equipped with office equipment such as Tel: 3180573/1360 Fax: 3181300 Fax: 3908304 Fax: 6510377 2. The Parliamentary Constituency Offices store valuable and informative telephones, computers with network connectivity, photocopying machines and Gaborone South Ghanzi North Kgalagadi South literature on Parliament. It is envisaged that anyone would visit the constituency otherP/Bag office BO 344 consumables.Gaborone AsP ParliamentO Box 866 Ghanzi owns and managesP/Bag these0022 Tsabong constituency office and be able to obtain copies of all Parliamentary publications such as offices,Tel: 3180637 it is Fax:its responsibility 3908304 toTel: maintain 6597507 their operationalTel: costs. 6540798 The operational Committee Reports, the Order Paper, the Hansard, Official Report of the Ntlo costs include payment of salariesFax: 6597300 of constituency office Fax: 6540767staff, rentals of the Ya Dikgosi, government policies, and other documentations made available offices,Lentsweletau-Mmopane electricity, water andLerala-Maunatlala telephone bills. Letlhakeng-Lephephe P O Box 305 Lentsweletau P O Box 396 Lerala P/Bag 006 Letlhakeng to the public. ConstituencyTel: 5779296/43 Fax: 5779244 OfficeTel: 4954023/76Staff Tel: 5943177 Fax: 4954105 Fax: 5943111 3. The office serves as the centre from which the Member of Parliament is able TheLobatse constituency offices are Mahalapyemanaged Eastby staff which is identifiedMahalapye Westby the Member to undertake outreach activities of the constituency. Face to face meetings ofP/Bag Parliament. 007 Lobatse The staff complementP O Box 632 in Mahalapye each constituency P/Bag office23 Mahalapye includes an with community groups and citizens at constituency offices will provide Administrator/Researcher,Tel: 5334302 Fax: 5334449 Secretary/TypistTel: 4714993 and a Messenger/Tel: 4713340/4165 Cleaner. Some an opportunity for the Member of Parliament to explain the actual role of Fax: 4714994 Fax: 4713522 Constituency Offices have two (2) Night watchmen as part of their staff. The Parliament