BITC boss grilled over credit card abuse

Sejoe (left) appearing before a parliamentary committe PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Sejoe (left) appearing before a parliamentary committe PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The parliamentary committee on statutory bodies and state enterprises on Wednesday condemned the chief executive of Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), Letsebe Sejoe for failure to prevent credit card abuse by management at the parastatal.

The committee heard that the chief executive and other managers have been furnished with credit cards that they have been using for the past two years in their numerous business trips abroad, while they get travelling allowances at the same time.

Committee chairman, Samson Moyo Guma enquired from Sejoe why he did not question this arrangement as it was tantamount to fraud.

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