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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>A total of 940 civil servants have applied for transfer in different ministries, departments and agencies to join their spouses nationally from 2020 to-date. <\/b><\/p>\n

Responding to a question in Parliament on Friday, Minister for State President, Mr Kabo Morwaeng said out of the 940 applications, 592 were approved and 348 were pending due to unavailability of positions.<\/p>\n

He said information on the number of married couples in the civil service that stayed within commutable distance and those that stayed within non-commutable distance was not readily available because it was generally not recorded anywhere in the government processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, the current transfer guidelines have not defined commutable distance and will be considered during the current policy review,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Mr Morwaeng said the review of the transfer policy was ongoing as part of the condition of service.<\/p>\n

He said the President\u2019s initiative reinforced the provision of Clause 12.3 of the General Orders governing the conditions of service for the public service, which stated that: \u201cIn effecting transfers, the appointing authority should endeavour where practicable not to affect transfers, which have the effect of separating spouses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bobonong MP, Mr Taolo Lucas had asked the minister to state the number of civil servants who had applied for transfer to join their spouses nationally and the number of married couples that stayed within commutable distances.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. A total of 940 civil servants have applied for transfer in different ministries, departments and agencies to join their spouses nationally from 2020 to-date. 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