Botswana: This is Not the Way to Empower People

opinion

Gaborone — Recent revelations by the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology (MSCT) that just over 55 percent of IT Managers (Senior Systems Analysis) working for the Department of Information Technology (DIT) are expatriates must certainly be a cause for great anxiety for many Batswana. Frankly, this is a disgrace to a nation that is about to celebrate 40 years of independence. To add insult to the on-going debate on citizen empowerment at the National Assembly, further expatriate recruitments are now underway with some newly appointed IT Managers taking up their positions across Government Departments and Ministries.

MCST claims Batswana graduates do not want to take up jobs due to the low pay offered by government. The truth is the DIT prefers an expatriate workforce and when they are hired, MCST look after them. One particularl Expatriate ãProject Managers at the Ministry of Finance is earning in excess of P52, 500 a month.

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