Africa-Press – Lesotho. In my previous article, I aggressively and shamelessly expressed controversial matters which have never been discussed within the political spectrum of Lesotho.
Following that article, I received positive and negative feedback mostly from radical political spectators and the general public. Out of all utterances and feedback I received, the question that stood out from all
other questions was from an NSS agent, who wished to be conscientised about the best possible solutions to our problems as a country. My answer is simple, we
need to transform, strengthen and establish institutions that will safeguard our economic, social and political interests. The National Reforms Authority seems to be operating below par and failing to timeously implement the much needed changes to steer Lesotho to the right direction. Our police have been decimally failing to propel our country into a conducive investment haven it can potentially be with its mischievous conduct. I don’t know of any foreign investor who would want to
invest in a country where weapons can disappear within the national armoury without any trace or anyone being held accountable and prosecuted for such an atrocious
act. Our police force is full of thieves who do not only accept petty bribes from taxi drivers but are also capable of stealing guns within the national armoury,
absurdity at its best! Lesotho Mounted Police Services is an indispensable institution in as far as our political and social stability is concerned. I
will not mention economic prosperity because there is no way we can discuss economic prosperity before dealing with the country’s political stability.
Apart from the security agencies, we have the executive arm of government that must be wholly substituted. We have trained accountants, public administrators and other professionals within the executive branch of the
government but we lost M3.7 billion through corruption. I fail to comprehend any possible excuse for such an amount of money to disappear from the public purse
without anyone being held accountable and taken to the Public Accounts Committee to explain how this significant portion of public funds evaporated from the public purse.
There is no way we can start discussing possible solutions to our problems as a country before we can address the issues I just penned down on this article.
Our country is slowly degrading into a failed state. However I am hopeful that the constitutional reforms will dilute and bring much needed changes in our political system. To be Continued…
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