Political party whips
He said the task team has failed to control the spread of the virus, including the execution and management of the vaccine roll-out plan.
He added: “Cases of COVID-19 are still high and on the other hand elderly people are still not vaccinated. We need explanations on why people are not vaccinated. What the task team is doing could be managed by the Ministry of Health unless some still want tenders to be given to them. The hospitals still have a shortage of oxygen and ventilators. The task team has not done anything extraordinary.”
On the issues of schools and teachers, he said he hopes that Parliament will request the Ministry of Basic Education to test students who are boarders and teachers when schools close so that they do not go to their homes to spread the virus.
The opposition whip also called upon the Ministry of Health and Wellness to consider vaccinating teachers, something he believes Parliament should look into.
Last year, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gaborone Central, Tumisang Healy asked the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Kabo Morwaeng when the process to undertake a comprehensive Constitutional review will begin.
Morwaeng said then when answering the question: “Process to review the Constitution will depend on consultations with Batswana. The government envisages that such consultation will be undertaken through a Presidential Commission of Inquiry, which government is in the process of setting up. A Bill on the review of the Constitution will then be brought before this Honourable House for debate as soon as the President receives the Commission’s Report.”
He said, as President Mokgweetsi Masisi had said in his State of the Nation Address on November 18, 2019, the government intends to conduct a comprehensive review of the Constitution of Botswana.
“This critical exercise aims to remove any provisions that may be deemed discriminatory as well as strengthen the functions of oversight institutions thus improving Botswana’s functional democracy. The envisaged review will be conducted under one of our fundamental national principles of consultation for inclusiveness. To achieve transformation and meet the expectations of Batswana, the Constitution and legal framework will be reviewed and reformed.”