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The Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and Enterprises (PCSBE) suffered a major setback this week when it was forced to adjourn the hearing of entities examining state entities due to the lack of members required to continue the proceedings.
PCSBE has found itself struggling with a quorum problem making it difficult for the body headed by Gabane-Mmankgodi MP, Pius Mokgware, to continue the review process in a timely manner. Mokgware is currently leading the interim committee as Acting President. The review session was scheduled for 22-29 May with institutions such as the Bank of Botswana (BOB), Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) and Botswana Railways appearing before the committee.
The delays come after some of its members, Setlhomo Lelatisitswe and Karabo Gare, have been promoted to Cabinet as junior ministers. The newly elected MP Moshupa Gare was promoted to Deputy Minister of Commerce, while Lelatisitswe became Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare following the latest Cabinet reshuffle of President Mokgweetsi Masisi. The committee chairman and Tati-East MP Guma Moyo left the country in self-imposed exile in March 2019, accusing them of badbadination.
Two institutions, the University of Botswana (UB) and Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Regulators (NBFIRA) were scheduled to appear before the committee on Tuesday before the postponement of the session to 18 June.
In an interview with the Acting Chairman of the Committee, Pius Mokgware stated that the Committee had no choice but to suspend the hearings for lack of quorum, in accordance with the Standing Orders of Parliament. He added that the committee had a hard time losing some of its members to the cabinet, while some of the remaining members were badigned to other parliamentary duties at the time of the session. "I'm not at all discouraged for an interruption this week because we had a good one last week, the quorum was sufficient despite the loss of some of our committee members, Dr. Phenyo Butale, who was present last time. , had an urgency to badume other country duties this week is therefore the reason the committee has suffered, "explained Mokgware.
Dr. Butale attended the session of the Pan-African Parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the parliament's budget was presented. Mangole also represented the parliament abroad.
Mokgware said only three members were present: he, Ndaba Gaolatlhe and the specially elected MP, Mephato Reatile. They could not proceed because the Standing Orders stipulate that a minimum of four members is required to constitute a quorum.
Mokgware rejected claims that the committee was not ready to hold the hearing based on certain statements because the session had not progressed as planned.
"In accordance with the strict rules of procedure imposed by the commission, the full calendar of the commission had to be abandoned or interrupted because the quorum was not reached at the moment," he said, adding that He was optimistic about the finalization of the review in The time has come for the committee to report to the next session of Parliament in July.
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