Africa-Press – Botswana. Legal Aid Botswana has launched its 2025-2030 strategic plan dubbed Re a ba latela.
Speaking during the organisation’s 10th anniversary in Gaborone recently, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Mr Nelson Ramaotwana said the launch of the new strategic plan was a roadmap to guide Legal Aid Botswana’s collective efforts towards a future where it could be counted among the exemplary legal aid institutions across the region.
“We recognise the evolving landscape, the new challenges and the untapped potential that lies within emerging trends. It is on this basis that Legal Aid Botswana strategically positions itself to be agile and responsive to these changes,” Mr Ramaotwana said.
He said strategy was shaped to deliver exceptional experiences that would exceed clients’ expectations through the provision of tools and frameworks that help with impactful decision-making and drive innovation in their respective roles. He reiterated that the strategic plan was founded on promoting, protecting, respecting human rights and upholding the dignity of the person.
“The strategic plan is named Re a ba latela, meaning we intend to take legal aid services to all the corners of Botswana, particularly rural Botswana where indigence is most prevalent to facilitate people’s access to justice,” he said while affirming government’s unwavering support of Legal Aid Botswana’s and commitment to accountability.
Mr Ramaotwana celebrated the organisation’s successful delivery of its maiden 2019 – 2024 strategic plan with a sterling average performance of 81 per cent against a target of 90 per cent, its six operational centres and three visiting centers across Botswana.
He further said an estimated 1 200 000 people have had access to the organisation electronically, through its legal education and public awareness documentary drama programme called Mmueledi Wame, of which three was aired on Botswana Television and one broadcasted on Radio Botswana focusing on gender based violence, as well as the organisation’s improved operational efficiency, risk management, corruption, fraud risk prevention, and corporate governance.
For his part, board chairperson, Advocate Setso Mokoti said since its establishment in 2015, Legal Aid Botswana had established itself as a beacon of hope for countless individuals seeking justice in a complex legal system.
“We always develop smart strategic plans, then implement, measure and monitor them effectively. Today, 10 years on, we look back and are filled with humble gratification seeing the lives we have positively impacted,” said Mr Mokoti.
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