‘P1.4 billion spent on PEP but poverty is on the rise!’ maintains Saleshando
Although they did not have the numbers to prove it, government are adamant poverty levels in the country have gone done since the Poverty Eradication Programme was launched ten years ago.
Defending the programme in parliament on Wednesday, Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, revealed govt’ have pumped P1.4 billion into the initiative, established to empower those living in abject poverty.
Mthimkhulu was responding to questions raised by Maun West Member of Parliament (MP), Dumelang Saleshando, who wanted to know the total number of beneficiaries and graduates of the programme, as well as the value of the packages extended to the beneficiaries.
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2021-07-16 01:56:04 GMT2021-07-16 09:56:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
GABORONE, July 16 (Xinhua) Botswana s annual inflation rate remains above the central bank s short to medium term target of 3 to 6 percent, parastatal statistical organization Statistics Botswana said on Thursday.
The annual inflation rate rose to 8.2 percent in June 2021, an increase of 2.0 percentage points on the May rate of 6.2 percent, it said. The main drivers to the June 2021 annual inflation rate were transport, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, food and non-alcoholic beverages and miscellaneous goods and services, said Statistician General Burton Mguni.
Mguni said group indices were generally moving at a stable pace between May and June, recording changes of less than 1.0 percent.