President Mokgweetsi Masisi has asserted his control of the country and the disciplined forces by dumping the feared Director General of Intelligence and Security (DISS) Boss Isaac Kgosi, who was given a five year extension of his contract by former President Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama just before the latter departed from high office.
This comes after a string of embarrassing allegations before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigating graft charges relating to the misappropriation of funds from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF), in which the increasingly arrogant Kgosi refused to answer questions and revealed that he did not consult either the President or Vice President in operational matters.
“I wish to announce that His Excellency the President has decided to relieve Colonel Isaac Seabelo Kgosi as the Director General of Intelligence and Security with immediate effect and consequently appointed Mr. Peter Magosi as the Director General Director of Intelligence and Security Services,” said Carter Morupisi, Permanent Secretary to the President and Secretary to Cabinet.
He said, “The President would like to convey, on behalf of the nation, his profound gratitude to Isaac Kgosi for his diligent and dedicated service in establishing the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services, and for that he wishes the outgoing Director General well in his future endeavours.”
It is not yet clear at this early stage whether this means that the former DISS Boss will continue to appear before the PAC. The PAC had requested to compell him to testify before it regarding the P250million disbursements from the NPF as directed by cabinet.
