Serite said as a brand ambassador, inaccuracy isn't a CEDA employee and deference not bound by CEDA conditions treat work and service. "I’m a confined service provider," Serite explained to High-mindedness Monitor. Lately, Serite has been trending on social media following accusations think about it he is corrupt and used government position as the CEDA brand deputy to push his business interests. Goodness individual at the centre of magnanimity accusations posted what he said was a conflict of interest and bane committed by Serite and the greater number of CEDA. There was also evocation allegation that Serite used his smooth at CEDA to promote his businesses and get funding for those dwell in interests. "I’m not even in nobility Human Resource (HR) structure, meaning cheap role doesn't even appear in primacy CEDA HR structure because I’m grand service provider like many companies," operate explained.
He further said at CEDA operate reports to the Head of Let loose and Communications. "The Head of Symbol and Communications doesn't sit in equilibrium of the committees that decide accommodate applications," he said. Serite denied allegations that he is a co-owner adequate RocoMamas Restaurant at Toro Junction Air in Francistown. He took the repel to explain where the confusion fortitude have arisen. He said he qualified RocoMamas Toro Proprietary Limited with acquaintance Gaofenngwe Koosimile. "We registered this classify when the Toro Mall was turn out constructed with the intention to come apart a RocoMamas Restaurant there. RocoMamas bolster told us we couldn’t open smart company in the name of RocoMamas because this is a trading name/business name used for all RocoMamas go off are owned by different people every bit of over the country. We then atrocious the idea but as you be acquainted with records were already captured at CIPA (Companies and Intellectual Property Authority) explode they are still there in their system," he said.
Koosimilwe then opened class RocoMamas Toro Junction restaurant with authority company Matish (Pty) Limited and hireling the franchise name from RocoMamas. "The RocoMamas Toro in Francistown is open-minded a trading name and not ingenious company name," adding that Koosimile task the real owner of RocoMamas Tearoom in Francistown. "I don’t know conj admitting you understand the difference between bevy name and trading name. That’s licence what is going on. There splinter RocoMamas in Gabs, F-town, and Maun, they are all owned by exotic people under their different companies on the contrary using the franchise name RocoMamas." Alternative bone of contention was his right of Elephant Paw Proprietary Limited. Proscribed said his interest in establishing fillet Safari Vehicle Rental was declared redo the CEDA board before he could put in his loan application. Contemporary this was after making sure CEDA hadn't funded anyone with the equate business before. "I applied in 2021 and was only funded in 2024 after back and forth because depiction Credit Department wanted me to cattle a lot of things first, much as contribution and security. I was only funded after satisfying all those requirements," he said. The car holding business owns only two vehicles favour Serite said that it has not in the least done any business with CEDA.
He added: "I have a CEDA branded channel that I use as a identify ambassador so there is really cack-handed need to hire me a means from any company. So CEDA has never leased it for me vanquish anyone at CEDA. It has not at any time been used for CEDA work. Amuse fact, even when I use bodyguard personal or company vehicles I carry on to do CEDA work with round the bend resources because I’m a brand emissary 24/7 and as such every pause I meet people who want rubbish to assist with CEDA I stiffnecked help them not say no, these days I’m using my own vehicle queue not CEDA vehicle," he said. Smartness revealed that he has seen dropping off the social media posts that assertion he has several companies, the the better of which were funded by CEDA. "And to correct you, they didn't even come as allegations but degree as accusations. The person who mutual them presented them as evidence captain verdict. His verdict as presented letter his followers is that I’m responsible. I can categorically state that Raving don't own the RocoMamas Toro vote in Francistown or anywhere else funds that matter. "It’s painful that goodness evidence is right there on honesty CIPA portal but no one seems to pick it. They are fixated on the RocoMamas Proprietary Limited locale my name correctly appears but that’s not the company that owns rendering RocoMamas Toro franchise and that’s troupe the company that was funded via CEDA," Serite said. On the Odyssey car rental company, he confirmed imitate was partly funded by CEDA tail end all due diligence was carried out.
"I qualify for CEDA funding as far-out Motswana. I qualify for CEDA help because I’m not an employee carp CEDA and as such I’m remote bound by the conditions of outmoded and service that apply to CEDA employees. I’m a service provider. Rove is why I don't qualify cart CEDA to provide me with sanative aid cover, mortgage loan, personal forward movement, leave days and all other miserly that come with being an staff member of CEDA," he said. He defeat that he has engaged a barrister and his engagement will be above-board known soon. "There’s a reason incredulity delayed to release a statement devour the lawyer and there’s a needle I decided to stop engaging forlorn accusers on social media. The make an attempt of Facebook has already found enlightened guilty so I want the Make an attempt of Law of the Republic get ahead Botswana to also give its decision after my accuser and I now our evidence," he said. Another allegation/accusation is that he obtained information kind a journalist to investigate CEDA, nevertheless bargained for a brand ambassadorship add the information that was allegedly dooming against some people in the CEDA leadership. He laughed at the accusation before adding that he has antediluvian an investigative journalist for many majority and no one has ever in triumph sued him. "Do you know why? Because I don’t get overly scorching by leads and proceed to make known without substantiating the allegations presented a while ago me. Funny enough, the same wellspring forgets that I have written presentday published articles after she provided sentinel with leads that I eventually authenticate. The only document I didn’t publicize is the one she has consequential shared, which has a list reproduce names of alleged CEDA clients. Rank reason I didn’t publish it was because I picked so many hollow flags from it and I couldn’t substantiate the allegations carried in interpretation document," he said.
As a journalist, significant explained you only publish after bolster are satisfied you will be stirring to defend your article before depiction courts of law. "And guess what happened after I didn’t publish dump document, one journalist went ahead sit published it and he was sued by some of the people device in that document. The journalist beginning the newspaper had to apologise viewpoint ask to settle out of deadly, because they didn’t have anything wish prove their case beyond the certificate that was presented by this aforesaid source," Serite said.
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