Micus Chimbombi

"We are looking into what it is serving and what should it be serving for the benefit of stakeholders involved or the detriment it is causing."

"Although members of the land boards are supposed to be apolitical, I am aware that some of the board members are people who lost primary elections from the past regime."

"However, the appointment of land board members follows the selection process as prescribed in the Tribal Land Regulations of 2022."

"he selection process involves advertisement, assessment, shortlisting and recommendation for appointment by the Ministerial Selection Committee."

"In line with these statutory instruments, the minister can at most appoint 118 out of 342 members outside the recommended list; being 36 for the main land board while 84 is for the subordinate land board."

"In exercising the powers vested in the minister responsible for lands, my predecessor has appointed 80 out of the 118."

"The minister is further empowered by Section 7 (2) to appoint a Chairperson from the members of the land board while the Deputy Chairperson is elected by the members among their number."

"Dissolution of membership of land boards must be in accordance with the law. At the moment, I have not found any legal reasons to dissolve their membership."

"The semen from the imported bulls will be accessible to farmers at affordable prices. Included in the targeted population are small-scale farmers in eastern Botswana and the SPEDU area."

"In the case of the SPEDU area, Sefophe Al (artificial insemination) camp is conveniently placed for the smallholder farmers to access AI services and to take advantage of the semen from the imported livestock when it is eventually made available."

"The government, through my ministry, has embarked on a project to reverse this aforecited decline in the cattle population, as well as to improve the genetic merit of the herd using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer."

"In 2023, the government purchased 140 bulls and 21 heifers of ages ranging from 10 to 18 months from Texas (USA) for semen and embryo production. The consignment arrived on May 25, 2023. A further 24 bulls and 68 heifers of ages ranging from 10 to 18 months were imported from Australia on May 14, 2024, for the same purpose."

"This is an acceptable level of mortality for young animals that have been subjected to stressful conditions such as transportation and introduction to a new environment."

"To bring them in line with the ever changing national, regional and international trends. Information and statistics will be compiled and an effective monitoring and evaluation system will be established and implemented to track the implementation of the policy and to determine the efficacy of the Policy."

"This review will focus on the policy performance in terms of its objectives and adequacy of the instruments as well as on major changes that are necessary because of new national, regional and international developments."