Khama foils plan to privatise BMC through the backdoor

27 April, 2009 in Botswana

source: Standay Standard
by Sunday Standard Reporter
26.04.2009

President Ian Khama has foiled plans by some senior government officials to parcel out the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) to themselves and their friends in and outside Botswana.

The plan, which was born from recommendations by Australian Consultants and backed by Minister of Agriculture, Brampie de Graaf, President Khama’s erstwhile advisor Nico Czypionka, a number of BMC board of directors and some powerful farming interests, involved stripping the parastatal and selling its pieces to some local and regional investors who had already lined up for the party.

According to the plan, first to be sold would be the Botswana Meat Commission UK based Marketing arm – Allied Meat Importers, which was to be bought by a Namibian Afrikaner cattle baron whose name has been passed to the Sunday Standard.

Allied Meat Importers, based in Waltham Cross (Hertfordshire) markets and [continue reading]

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