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Botswana intelligence chief questioned over Tautona Lodge

By , based on The Voice Botswana

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Peter Magosi, director general of Botswana’s intelligence and security services, was questioned by the Public Accounts Committee over a possible conflict of interest. The discussions focused in particular on the acquisition of Tautona Lodge and on sheep classified as confidential information, according to TheVoiceBW.

The Director General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS), Peter Magosi, was questioned by Botswana’s Public Accounts Committee over the acquisition of Tautona Lodge, a luxury hotel complex. His hearing also covered an alleged honeymoon trip and a mission described as secret, according to a report of the exchanges before the committee.

Parliamentarians were also informed that data concerning missing sheep was classified information. Peter Magosi therefore had to defend before the committee the expenditure and justifications related to the lodge acquired by Botswana’s intelligence service.

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