06 Apr 2025

The Minister for International Relations, Dr Phenyo Butale has said out of 9 967 police officers who were engaged during the 2024 General Elections, 9 388 have been paid their allowances.

Answering a question in Parliament recently on behalf of the Minister for State President, Dr Butale said the remaining 579 would be paid before end of May. He noted that the delay was caused by among others, wrong data input as well as multiple payments for those who were entitled to more than one claim, resulting in rejection of payment by the payroll system.

“An exercise to verify and resubmit all outstanding claims has been completed. The list will be submitted to the office of the Accountant General beginning of the 2025/26 financial year,” he said.

As for other persons besides the police, Dr Butale said there were 34 056 engaged during the General Elections and all the retired officers and unemployed persons who were engaged had been paid.

Tswapong South MP, Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang wanted an update on outstanding payments for members of the Botswana Police Service who took part in the 2024 General Elections. ENDS