Africa-Press – Botswana. Government has intentions to construct the road from Mokobaxane through Kedia connecting to Xhumo road, however funds for such construction have not been secured yet.
Acting President Mr Slumber Tsogwane said this during a kgotla meeting in Kedia on Thursday, where he stated that since funds for Motopi-Makalamabedi road had been secured, its completion may pave way for Mokobaxane-Kedia road. He said government’s intention was to construct the road from Mokobaxane through Kedia all the way to Xhumo.
On other issues, he encouraged farmers to buy quality bull semen to multiply their stock for purposes of commercial farming.
He advised farmers to practice advanced farming methods such as embryo transplant.
Mr Tsogwane said programmes such as Food Agricural Production had not been efficient in stock expansion, saying artificial insemination was the most efficient method of bull subsidy. He further called for mindset change amongst Batswana to take a resolute stand in uprooting social ills such as gender-based violence which had led to loss of many lives.
Government, he said, had put in place measures to ensure that drug abuse amongst the youth was addressed, adding that plans were under way to establish a drug rehabilitation centre.
He expressed concern that use of drugs was destroying lives of potential future leaders.
Mr Tsogwane was responding to Kedia Village Development Committee chairperson, Mr Maikutlo Kenosi, who had earlier on called for the construction of Mokobaxane-Kedia road.
He also complained of squatters in Kedia, requesting the landboard to fast-track plot allocation.
He called for the expansion of the kgotla shelter and pavement of the facility, also decrying shortage of public officer’s houses.
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