botswana: Court dismisses Kemokgatla's appeal against conviction for corruption

Former department of roads director Kebonyekgotla Kemokgatla's freedom bid failed after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against a four-year jail term on Monday. Kemokgatla was convicted on a charge of corrupt practices by a Gaborone magistrate's court and sentenced to a custodial sentence of four years, two and a half years of which were suspended on condition he was not convicted of a similar offence during the period.