Africa-Press – Eswatini. Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini through Acting PM Thulisile Dladla has unleashed senior police officers armed with pistols to stop a SwaziMed Board meeting and a Press Conference that was meant to hold removed Chairman Sammy Dlamini and suspended Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Peter ‘Samora’ Simelane accountable amid alleged looting of millions of public funds within the country’s largest medical scheme.
The alleged corruption was widely reported and exposed, the Press Conference that was subsequently stopped by police was held at the Hilton Hotel-Mbabane on Thursday afternoon.
The police officers led by Hhohho Regional Operations Officer(ROO) Superintendent Jabulani Madlopha labelled the meeting “illegal” and stopped the Press Conference.
It is alleged that, the suspended SwaziMed CEO has been colluding with those in power in the looting of the public funds and, together with the removed Chairman Sammy Dlamini, they subsequently ran to Cabinet to evade accountability.
The Press Conference was stopped while Acting Board Chairman Bheki Maziya was about to address the media regarding the tension and/or breakdown in the administration of the country’s largest medical scheme at the Governing Board level.
But the rampant corruption within SwaziMed resulted to emaSwati struggling to access medical care despite paying for Medical Aid, their Medical Aid Cards are fast becoming valueless with some local and South African hospitals refusing to assist patients with SwaziMed.
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