Kgatleng West Constituency Office 2024-2029 Hon Dr Unity Dow

Wetsho,

We commemorate events because we believe that they have meaning in our lives.

We commemorate, celebrate, remember...not always that the event was joyful, but because it re-focuses our minds on what it teaches us, what it saved us from, how it strengthened us...

Happy Easter.

May we continue to draw strength and grace from the sacrifices and blessings that are represented by the Easter Weekend.

We, each one of us, are the chosen people.

Why?

Because we were made in the image of God.

Kana jang?

Wetsho,

Potso e tlaa arabiwa mo metsotsong e e sa fediseng pelo kajeko.

Potso ke gore a a naa Ikageng, ka e le lenaneo la thuto ya ditiro tsa diatla, ga nke ke e ntshetsa ba dingwaga dingwe ko ntle ba ba neng ba le mo Ipelegeng.

Gape go ruta ditiro tsa diatla go a tura. A ganke dipalo di ngotlega?

Motho wa dingwaga tsabo 50 go ya 64 o kare o tlaa nna ka fa mosing.

Kana jang?

𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗜 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗬 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦

Orange Money Botswana has entered a nationwide partnership with the Taxi Association to accelerate the digitization of payments for Botswana’s public transport sector which sets to mark a strategic shift toward cashless commuter experiences and enhanced financial inclusion.

The partnership will see the large-scale branding of taxis and combis across the country, alongside the onboarding of public transport operators onto Orange Money DuelaEasy merchant accounts. According telecommunication operator the approach is designed to formalize and modernize payment systems within the transport ecosystem, while creating new revenue streams for operators.

𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗬
𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥 (𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟱𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲)
𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 & 𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗥

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼:(𝟮𝟳𝟰) 𝟰
𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘆. 𝗗𝗥. 𝗨. 𝗗𝗢𝗪, 𝗠𝗣. (𝗞𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧):To ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to state:
(𝗶) how many people were detained under the civil imprisonment for failure to pay their debts during the years 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022, 2023; 2024 and 2025;
(𝗶𝗶) what the cost per day to the creditor civil imprisonment for debt is;
(𝗶𝗶𝗶) what the cost per day to Government civil imprisonment for debt is; and
(𝗶𝘃) whether he considers it necessary to review the law and procedures regulating the civil imprisonment for failure to pay debt.(𝟯𝟱𝟭)

𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗥:
𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, Civil imprisonment is where a person who owes another is committed to prison at the instance of a judgment and writ in favour of a judgment creditor or, the person owed. Such writ is issued under Order 53 of the High Court Rules and Orders.

𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, there has been Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty (3820) persons admitted in prison for civil imprisonment for the period 2019 to 2025.

The figure is made up as follows:
2019 had 436 detainees;
2020 had 239 detainees;
2021 had 516 detainees;
2022 had 635 detainees;
2023 had 737 detainees;
2024 had 766 detainees; and
2025 had 491 detainees.

𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, A judgment creditor is required by law, under section 56 of the Magistrates Court Act to pay for maintenance of judgment debtor whom they have sent to prison. The cost of maintenance is One P**a Fifty Thebe (Pl.SO) a day.

𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, the Government paid Seventeen Million, Seven Hundred and Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty P**a (P17,707,620.00) in maintenance of the debtors at One Hundred and Five P**a {P105.00) per person per day. The debtors were in detention for One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty-Four (168,644) days for which the judgment creditors were to pay Two Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred and Sixty-Six P**a (P252,966.00) at One P**a Fifty Thebe (Pl.SO) per person per day.

The sum of Two Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred and Sixty-Six P**a (P252,966.00) was expected from judgment creditors and only Fifty-Nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Eight Nine P**a Fifteen Thebe (P59,689.15) has been paid. This shows challenges associated with enforcing obligations of judgment creditors given that payment deposit of maintenance cost is not condition precedent to admission of judgment debtors to Prison. This is a heavy burden on the public for prisoners detained at the instance of judgment creditors.

𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, the law on civil imprisonment presents a number of challenges as shown above. To this end, my Ministry will review the law and bring it before Parliament for appropriate legislative action.

𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿.

the earlier the better

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