Africa-Press – Botswana. Member of Parliament for Nkange, Mr Motlhaleemang Moalosi has proposed to his constituents that instead of sharing the P10 million Constituency Community Projects fund as usual, they should purchase road maintenance machinery to be used across the whole constituency.
Addressing a kgotla meeting at Thini ward in Tutume recently, Mr Moalosi said almost all their internal roads were in a bad state and the council didnt have enough money for the equipment.
He pointed out that the council equipment was shared between the two constituencies of Nata/Gweta and Nkange, hence it became difficult to do maintenance of all the roads under its jurisdiction with one grader.
Mr Moalosi said it would be beneficial to get the machines, which would be meant to specifically service Nkange constituency even though it would be kept under the care of the district council.
He added that with their own equipment, they would be able to open up access to their fields as they strove to boost agricultural activities in the area, adding that it would also help those who wanted to cluster fence by clearing around their boundery.
On other updates, he informed them that the planned new 72-bed Tutume Hospital was one of the first priorities of NDP 12, noting that it was among the projects that would be done through Development Manager (DM) model.
He said the DM model was put on hold by the new administration pending assessment of the cost against the work done.
Nevertheless, he assured them that Cabinet had promised to share with them the outcomes of the assessment and the way forward of all the projects that were assigned the DM model, but were suspended when the new government took office.
Meanwhile, Tutume Village Development Committee chairperson, Ms Eva Manager requested for a storm water drainage system in the village to help control flooding in households and government institutions.
She said at the beginning of the first term, some schools were so flooded heavy rains that they had to re-open at a later date.
Ms Manager noted that such schools were a hazard to both learners and teachers, therefore there was need for installation of culverts.
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