President Mokgweetsi Masisi has justified the ‘recycling’ of retired civil servants back into office past their term.
When responding to questions at a recent press briefing, Masisi said it was unfair to those who were re-employed on merit to be labelled as recycled.
“Those people where hired on merit. They have capabilities that made them to be re-employed”.
The President said some of the employees could have left for better offers elsewhere but agreed to return as the government opportunities were more lucrative.
Some of the re enlisted government employees include Presidential Advisor, Jacob Nkate, former Radio Presenter, Oshinka Tsiang, Chief of Staff, Boyce Sebetela and Andrew Sesinyi who has since left.
Masisi said that Nkate’ s role is Interior Affairs Advisor and that he advices the president on matters of domestic policy
It is quite fair to enlist retired civil servants where it’s justified. Some appointments such as judges go beyond the civil service retirement age of 60 for the simple reason that experience matures with age. The same must apply to university lecturers who will perform at a higher level with increased years of experience. It is farcical that University of Botswana intends to retire lecturers at 60 when they are probably getting to be at their best!