MPs reject �selective� land policy
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The policy returned to Parliament this week, after it failed in the October 2013 session, where MPs expressed their discomfort with the use of the word “indigenous” in clauses where the policy proposed to reserve land for people “indigenous” to each village.
In its latest version, “indigenous” has been replaced with “selective”, which MPs still think could fuel tribalism. Debating the policy this week, Tswapong North MP, Prince Maele said even though he felt that the policy was good, he could not support it because of paragraph 72 which stated that a quota of land would be reserved for “selected people”.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...