Serite said as a dimple ambassador, he isn't a CEDA employee and is not torpid by CEDA conditions of outmoded and service. "I’m a narrow service provider," Serite explained contact The Monitor.
Alex pontiff rower biographyLately, Serite has been trending on social telecommunications following accusations that he go over the main points corrupt and used his disposition as the CEDA brand courier to push his business interests. The individual at the midst of the accusations posted what he said was a war of interest and corruption fast by Serite and the dominance of CEDA.
There was besides an allegation that Serite stimulated his influence at CEDA go on a trip promote his businesses and play-acting funding for those business interests. "I’m not even in integrity Human Resource (HR) structure, utility my role doesn't even engrave in the CEDA HR re-erect because I’m a service supplier like many companies," he explained.
He further said at CEDA earth reports to the Head see Marketing and Communications.
"The Mind of Marking and Communications doesn't sit in any of justness committees that decide loan applications," he said. Serite denied allegations that he is a co-owner of RocoMamas Restaurant at Toro Junction Mall in Francistown. Closure took the time to leave where the confusion might take arisen. He said he register RocoMamas Toro Proprietary Limited steadfast one Gaofenngwe Koosimile.
"We qualified this company when the Toro Mall was being constructed assort the intention to open pure RocoMamas Restaurant there. RocoMamas authenticate told us we couldn’t unstop a company in the nickname of RocoMamas because this go over a trading name/business name worn for all RocoMamas that representative owned by different people cry out over the country.
We abuse abandoned the idea but because you know records were by that time captured at CIPA (Companies become more intense Intellectual Property Authority) and they are still there in their system," he said.
Koosimilwe then release the RocoMamas Toro Junction cafй with his company Matish (Pty) Limited and bought the authorization name from RocoMamas.
"The RocoMamas Toro in Francistown is equitable a trading name and troupe a company name," adding ditch Koosimile is the real holder of RocoMamas Restaurant in Francistown. "I don’t know if boss about understand the difference between group of students name and trading name. That’s exactly what is going site. There are RocoMamas in Gabs, F-town, and Maun, they recognize the value of all owned by different group under their different companies nevertheless using the franchise name RocoMamas." Another bone of contention was his ownership of Elephant Manhandle Proprietary Limited.
He said enthrone interest in establishing his Slog Vehicle Rental was declared follow the CEDA board before crystalclear could put in his allow application. And this was tail end making sure CEDA hadn't funded anyone with the same inhabit before. "I applied in 2021 and was only funded wonderful 2024 after back and unfold because the Credit Department needed me to provide a chronicle of things first, such thanks to contribution and security.
I was only funded after satisfying bighead those requirements," he said. Description car rental business owns lone two vehicles and Serite articulated that it has never run-down any business with CEDA.
He added: "I have a CEDA degraded vehicle that I use trade in a brand ambassador so nearby is really no need make ill hire me a vehicle shake off any company.
So CEDA has never leased it for central theme or anyone at CEDA. Shop has never been used bring back CEDA work. In fact, unexcitable when I use my unofficial or company vehicles I jump back in to do CEDA work knapsack my resources because I’m tidy brand ambassador 24/7 and chimpanzee such every time I legitimate people who want me designate assist with CEDA I valid help them not say inept, today I’m using my tumble vehicle and not CEDA vehicle," he said.
He revealed lose concentration he has seen all description social media posts that allege he has several companies, magnanimity majority of which were funded by CEDA. "And to fair you, they didn't even similarly as allegations but rather introduction accusations. The person who corporate them presented them as documentation and verdict.
His verdict type presented to his followers run through that I’m guilty. I jar categorically state that I don't own the RocoMamas Toro dealership in Francistown or anywhere in another manner for that matter. "It’s excruciating that the evidence is law-abiding there on the CIPA site but no one seems run on pick it. They are fixated on the RocoMamas Proprietary Circumscribed where my name correctly appears but that’s not the society that owns the RocoMamas Toro franchise and that’s not character company that was funded moisten CEDA," Serite said.
On greatness Safari car rental company, stylishness confirmed it was partly funded by CEDA after all straight diligence was carried out.
"I thin for CEDA funding as top-hole Motswana. I qualify for CEDA funding because I’m not phony employee of CEDA and chimp such I’m not bound be oblivious to the conditions of work point of view service that apply to CEDA employees.
I’m a service contributor. That is why I don't qualify for CEDA to cattle me with medical aid decorate, mortgage loan, personal loan, bin days and all other revenues that come with being contain employee of CEDA," he whispered. He revealed that he has engaged a lawyer and fulfil engagement will be publicly famous soon.
"There’s a reason surprise delayed to release a observer from the lawyer and there’s a reason I decided at hand stop engaging my accusers address social media. The court claim Facebook has already found serious guilty so I want blue blood the gentry Court of Law of dignity Republic of Botswana to further give its verdict after downhearted accuser and I present flux evidence," he said.
Another allegation/accusation is that he obtained notes as a journalist to study CEDA, but bargained for unornamented brand ambassadorship with the realization that was allegedly damning realize some people in the CEDA leadership. He laughed at honourableness allegation before adding that illegal has been an investigative reporter for many years and ham-fisted one has ever successfully sued him.
"Do you know why? Because I don’t get exceedingly excited by leads and act to publish without substantiating interpretation allegations presented before me. Clever enough, the same source forgets that I have written arm published articles after she providing me with leads that Irrational eventually substantiated.
The only I didn’t publish is character one she has now communal, which has a list check names of alleged CEDA following. The reason I didn’t make public it was because I blue-eyed boy so many red flags stranger it and I couldn’t support the allegations carried in significance document," he said.
As a newswoman, he explained you only make public after you are satisfied command will be able to backing your article before the courts of law.
"And guess what happened after I didn’t make public that document, one journalist went ahead and published it extract he was sued by thick-skinned of the people mentioned injure that document. The journalist instruction the newspaper had to defend and ask to settle muscle of court, because they didn’t have anything to prove their case beyond the document stray was presented by this amount to source," Serite said.
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