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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Lieutenant Tengetile Khumalo, the Spokesperson of the Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force(UEDF)says her office has not received any document confirming whether the contracts of eight(8)senior army personnel would be renewed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Responding to a questionnaire on Sunday subsequent to a report suggesting that King Mswati issued a Gazette awarding eight(8)senior army personnel renewed employment contracts,the Army Spokesperson maintained that her office had not been furnished with any document confirming another renewal of the said contracts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Office of the Public Affairs has not yet been furnished with any document to this extent,\u201dsaid the Army Spokesperson.<\/p>\n

This publication released documentary evidence and published an article suggesting that King Mswati allegedly issued a Gazette and extended contracts for retired army officials,a decision that resulted to taxpayers forking out over R12million as salaries for the army personnel.<\/p>\n

It has been disclosed that each senior army personnel was getting paid over forty-thousand Rands(R40,000.00)per-month for a three(3)year contract,the money amounts to about five hundred thousand Rands(R500,000.00)per-annum and R1.5million in three(3)years.<\/p>\n

As a result,taxpayers paid over R12million for the eight(8)senior army personnel whose contracts were extended on or around February 2020.<\/p>\n

The soldiers whose contracts were extended by Mswati in February 2020 include Aaron Mndzawe,John Dlamini,Lwane Maseko,Mciniseli Mkhatjwa,Banana Ngwenya and Abednego Fakudze.Others include George Magagula and Jerome Dlamini.<\/p>\n

Some of the soldiers have retired after their three(3)-year extended contracts expired in February and March 2023,it is not clear if the King will offer them more years again.<\/p>\n

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