12 Dec 2016

President Lt Gen. Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama on December 10 inspected poverty eradication equipment, housed at LEA Incubation Centre in  Gaborone.

The President, who was accompanied by  Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Mr Eric Molale, his deputy Mr Thato Kwerepe and permanent secretary in the ministry Ms Kebonye Moepeng, was shown how the machines operated.

Meanwhile, coordinator of the poverty eradication programme, Ms Bernadette Malala said in an interview, that the machines which included egg incubators, broiler house, de-feathering scaling,  water purification, oil pressing and T-shirt printing machines would benefit 294 people around the country.

At the moment the beneficiaries were under-going training on their use and this training started on November 21 and would end on Friday, following which  the machines will be dismantled and dispatched to their various destinations before they could be re-assembled  for use.

The machines according to Ms Malala were purchased at a total cost of P7 million.

In the meantime Ms Malala said the office intends to train three technicians on the various machines as from January next year so that they would be able to assist whenever there is a technical fault on the equipment.