Botswana: Subaru Dreams Go Up in Smoke

04/09/2008 22:51. Government has shelved plans to buy official cars for deputy Permanent Secretaries (PS).The vehicles bought for the officials have now been diverted for general use by ministries.

If things went according to plan, the deputy Permanent Secretaries would have had full use of official cars for the first time. // AllAfrica.com

04/09/2008 03:09. If things went according to plan, the deputy Permanent Secretaries would have had full use of official cars for the first time.

Official sources say that last year, the government approved an estimated P13 million for the acquisition of 65 Subaru Legacy 2.0R cars for the deputy PS. The last batch of vehicles were recently acquired for P6,440,036.

However the Ministry of Works and Transport, which buys vehicles for government, through the Central Transport Organisation (CTO), yesterday confirmed that the 65 cars will no longer be used by the deputy Permanent Secretaries exclusively. The cars... // Mmegi Online