Brigadier rank

General Madondo did not have a top secret clearance for many years and was refused such clearance while holding the rank of Brigadier, even during a promotional panel chaired by the deponent.

“... I was not aware, nor did anyone inform me, that Madondo did not have a top secret clearance, and was also refused a top secret clearance whilst she held the rank of Brigadier, including the time when I, that is this deponent, chaired a promotional panel, which resulted in her appointment as a Major General in the post, in that district... I was also unaware that her application for a top secret clearance was refused.”