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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) director general has been on suspension since June last year.<\/b><\/p>\n

Responding to a question in Parliament recently, Assistant Minister for State President, Mr Dumezweni Mthimkhulu said while investigations continued, the director general was liable to full pay in compliance with legislative requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cA disciplinary hearing has not been commenced as yet pending investigations,\u201d the assistant minster said.<\/p>\n

He indicated that the minister was mandated to prescribe the conditions of service of the directorate, according to Section 5 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act, adding \u201cthe independence of the Directorate extends to its operations and the director general has that independence in terms of the Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Mr Mthimkhulu said Section (42) of the Act provided that the director general would be responsible for the direction and administration of the Directorate, as a public office.<\/p>\n

Member of Parliament for Serowe South Mr Leepetswe Lesedi had wanted to know how long the DCEC director general had been on suspension and when the disciplinary hearing would commence. Mr Lesedi also wanted to if the director general was on full pay while on suspension.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) director general has been on suspension since June last year. Responding to a question in Parliament recently, Assistant Minister for State President, Mr Dumezweni Mthimkhulu said while investigations continued, the director general was liable to full pay in compliance with legislative requirements. \u201cA disciplinary hearing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-23361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nDCEC DIRECTOR GENERAL ON SUSPENSION SINCE JUNE 2022 - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) director general has been on suspension since June last year. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DCEC DIRECTOR GENERAL ON SUSPENSION SINCE JUNE 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) director general has been on suspension since June last year. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T15:02:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T16:04:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678189950.57.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1115\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DCEC DIRECTOR GENERAL ON SUSPENSION SINCE JUNE 2022\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-07T15:02:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-07T16:04:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678189950.57.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dcec-director-general-on-suspension-since-june-2022\",\"name\":\"DCEC DIRECTOR GENERAL ON SUSPENSION SINCE JUNE 2022 - 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