{"id":85459,"date":"2026-02-21T17:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-confirms-collapse-of-r1-6-billion-parliament-deal"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:13:30","slug":"king-mswati-confirms-collapse-of-r1-6-billion-parliament-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/king-mswati-confirms-collapse-of-r1-6-billion-parliament-deal","title":{"rendered":"King Mswati Confirms Collapse of R1.6 Billion Parliament Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong> <\/span><b>King Mswati has confirmed the collapse of the R1.6billion new Parliament building Indian loan deal, a few days after independent online publication published an investigative report detailing how the deal collapsed.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Eswatini was hoping to secure a loan with the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) as per a loan Bill tabled by Finance Minister Neal Rijikernberg in October 2020 and subsequently passed by Parliament, however, changes in the governing structure of the Indian Government allegedly affected the processing of the loan to it\u2019s final stages thus grounding the entire project.<\/p>\n<p>But King Mswati urged Government to find alternative source of funding and possible ways of ensuring that, the project is implemented, he was delivering the Speech from the Throne in Parliament on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The King had allocated land for the new Parliament building when the loan deal collapsed, Clerk to Parliament Benedict Xaba allegedly approached the National Budgeting Committee for funding to renovate the current building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Eswatini<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. 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