{"id":14461,"date":"2022-09-21T13:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/museveni-divides-cops-and-spies"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:25:47","slug":"museveni-divides-cops-and-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/museveni-divides-cops-and-spies","title":{"rendered":"Museveni divides cops and spies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The case of a top aide in the Office of the President against former minister of Unity Dow over the true identity of Facebook pseudo-account of \u2018France Museveni\u2019 appears to be dividing the Botswana Police Service (BPS) and its parent Ministry of Defence and Security<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Information reaching the press is that Defence and Security Minister Kagiso Mmusi insisted on Dow referring her case to BPS in full knowledge of the capacity constraints of the police to solve the matter.<\/p>\n

The aide is the Director of Research and Analysis at the OP, Botho Seboko, who is suing the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation after she accused him of being the person behind the controversial Facebook pseudo account.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minister is aware of some of the capacity challenges that the police have and that complex cases such as this one are usually done with the help of other agencies,\u201d a source said. \u201cThe minister regularly receives briefings from the Commissioner of Police on all joint investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source added that the case is casting the police in a bad light unnecessarily. Another source says some of the cases against \u2018France Museveni\u2019 have elements of national security, hence other security establishments like the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Service (DISS) should also get involved.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Museveni\u2019 pseudo-account has accused many people of plots to assassinate<\/p>\n

President Mokweetsi Masisi, grave corruption and other serious ills against the government.<\/p>\n

Police spokesman Dipheko Motube has admitted that BPS still faces challenges in investigating and solving crimes such as those alleged against \u2018Museveni.\u2019 \u201cCybercrime is an emerging area of crime and comes with new challenges,\u201d Motube said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can confirm that we have received a number of cases against \u2018France Museveni\u2019 and that we are doing everything we can to get to the bottom of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, the Minister Mmusi says he referred Dow to the police because his ministry has no resources to deal with such matters. \u201cThe reason I asked Mme Dow to take the matter to the police is that like all criminal cases, it should be dealt with by the police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a reading of Dow\u2019s responding affidavit makes it patently clear that she is convinced that Seboko is behind the \u2018France Museveni\u2019 pseudo-account and that he enjoys protection from spy chief Peter Magosi and the Minister of State Kabo Morwaeng.<\/p>\n

Dow states that she has reported her alleged cyber trolling and abuse to all three mentioned above, but no action has ever been taken. She alleges that \u2018Museveni\u2019 is a DISS operative who targets all those who do President Mokgweetsi Masisi and Magosi wrong.<\/p>\n

BDP distances itself from Museveni Meanwhile, the Botswana Democratic Party has distanced itself from the \u2018Museveni\u2019 saga. The party\u2019s Secretary General, Kavis Kario, says the BDP has no association with \u2018France Museveni\u2019 or his Facebook posts.<\/p>\n

Kario actually urges law enforcement agencies to take action even as he acknowledges that \u2018France Museveni\u2019 claims allegiance to the BDP and targets those deemed to be President Masisi\u2019s opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs much as the BDP government believes in freedom of expression, we believe that those who violate the rights of others should be taken to task,\u201d Kario said in an interview. \u201cThe BDP government has set up platforms that everyone who feels abused should use to seek remedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

BCP says \u2018Museveni\u2019 is a DISS operative.<\/p>\n

However, sections of the political opposition are also convinced that \u2018Museveni\u2019 is a secret agent of DISS. \u201cIt is clear that \u2018France Museveni\u2019 is the work of DISS,\u201d the president of the Botswana Congress Party, Dumelang Saleshando, said in an interview. \u201cThere is just no respect for the rule of law whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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