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Mpho Tebele

Gaborone- The alleged tiff between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and former President Ian Khama became another controversy, as the presidency recently rejected the renewal of the mandate of the former director of intelligence and security (DIS) Isaac Kgosi as private secretary of Khama. 19659006] The contract of Khama's private secretary, Brigadier Tlhalerwa, expires in a few months and indications are that Khama wanted Kgosi to replace Tlhalerwa as his new private secretary.

Kgosi, who allegedly faced a number of allegations of corruption, was fired by Masisi under mysterious circumstances.

He was summoned to the President's office where President Carter's permanent secretary, Carter Morupisi, gave him a letter

He was then escorted to the DIS office where he was ordered to hand over all his official documents and his gadgets.

According to Morupisi, the government is still looking for a suitable candidate to replace Tlhalerwa. Khama and Kgosi recently attended official events together; a development that triggered unconfirmed speculation and reports that Kgosi was joining the public service.

In fact, Khama's relatives confirmed that the former president had pbaded Kgosi's name to the Office of the President, but he was rejected.

In a forceful statement, Morupisi stated that "the Office of the President took note of various press reports and badociated public speculation that the former Director General of the Intelligence and Security Branch, Colonel Isaac Kgosi, will join the civil service in the cabinet of the former president, Lieutenant General, Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama "

Morupisi added:" We therefore wish, once again, to reaffirm that no such appointment has been made or contemplated. "

The decision of the Masisi administration to reject Kgosi was also challenged by the opposition leader , lawyer Duma Boko, who said that was one of the reasons why the parliament had submitted a motion of censure against Masisi and his government.

Boko, who at one point called for a private prosecution of Kgosi, supported Khama and urged Masisi to rename Kgosi. But Boko's confidence motion was rejected by Parliament after 35 legislators voted against the motion, while only 11 supported it and 3 abstained

in bringing the motion, Boko argued that there was serious uncertainty and worry. staff in this sector were targeted and targeted to be fired or removed from the public service without receiving a fair and equitable hearing.

"This constitutes an imminent and present danger to the security of the country. It is a serious and of utmost importance to the public … therefore, the quickest and most urgent attention of this Parliament is necessary to give certainty to citizens ", Boko also questioned Masisi's decision to return officers to the public service who were fired by Khama to replace those badociated with the Khama administration. Upon his taking office, Masisi expelled the controversial director of the DIS, replacing him with the enemy of Khama, Brigadier Peter Magosi, and Captain Magosi was also dismissed by Khama while he was chief of the intelligence services. Botswana

Masisi overturned some of Khama's decisions, including the liquor tax, the ban on hunting and the theft of military planes, which would have led to serious disagreements between the two men. 19659006]