Africa-Press – Lesotho. Reportedly 63 percent of Basotho vouch for the King to take over the reigns of the country from the Prime Minister in the interest of growth and development.
This was revealed by Advision Lesotho during the presentation of the 2022 Round 9 Survey data results last week. The survey was conducted from February 27 to March 14 by Advision Lesotho, Afrobarometer’s national partner.
Afrobarometer is an organization that tracks the attitudes and perceptions of citizens in 37 African countries. It provides reliable, timely data on the views of ordinary Africans to inform development and policy decision-making.
As revealed in the study, the majority say they would rather be led by the King instead of politicians. Only 20 percent vouched for the Prime Minister‘s ruling while 59 percent prefer traditional leaders.
Getting deep into the results, Advision Lesotho Legal Consultant Mamello Nkuebe said the study also revealed Basotho’s thoughts on the overall direction of a country, level of corruption concerns, attitude towards democracy, and the overall general elections.
She said citizens were asked 100 questions to determine the legitimacy of this survey. Nkuebe said the results determined by this survey a have 95 percent confidence rate. On the state of the country, the survey revealed that 86 percent of the population says the country is going in the wrong direction.
Regarding the economic and personal living conditions, 86 percent of citizens have reportedly gone without income at least once during the previous year while 68 percent were without food, 60 percent went without enough cooking fuel, 50 percent without medicine or medical treatment, and 49 percent without water.
81 percent of Basotho said the level of corruption in the country increased during the past year.
Afrobarometer National Investigator Libuseng Malephane raised concern about the mushrooming of political parties, saying this has discouraged Basotho to partake in politics.
Lesotho has moved from 11 political parties registered with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in 1997 to 27 in 2017 and ultimately 65 political parties this year.
Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in Africa.
Eight rounds of surveys were conducted in up to 37African countries between 1999 and 2018, and Round 9 surveys (2021/2022) are currently underway. The Afrobarometer team in Lesotho, led by Advision Lesotho, interviewed 1,200 adult Basotho in February/March 2022.
A sample of this size yields results with a margin of error of +/-3percent at a 95percent confidence level. Previous surveys have been conducted in Lesotho in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2020.
Reportedly 63 percent of Basotho vouch for the King to take over the reigns of the country from the Prime Minister in the interest of growth and development.
This was revealed by Advision Lesotho during the presentation of the 2022 Round 9 Survey data results last week. The survey was conducted from February 27 to March 14 by Advision Lesotho, Afrobarometer’s national partner.
Afrobarometer is an organization that tracks the attitudes and perceptions of citizens in 37 African countries. It provides reliable, timely data on the views of ordinary Africans to inform development and policy decision-making.
As revealed in the study, the majority say they would rather be led by the King instead of politicians. Only 20 percent vouched for the Prime Minister‘s ruling while 59 percent prefer traditional leaders.
Getting deep into the results, Advision Lesotho Legal Consultant Mamello Nkuebe said the study also revealed Basotho’s thoughts on the overall direction of a country, level of corruption concerns, attitude towards democracy, and the overall general elections.
She said citizens were asked 100 questions to determine the legitimacy of this survey. Nkuebe said the results determined by this survey a have 95 percent confidence rate. On the state of the country, the survey revealed that 86 percent of the population says the country is going in the wrong direction.
Regarding the economic and personal living conditions, 86 percent of citizens have reportedly gone without income at least once during the previous year while 68 percent were without food, 60 percent went without enough cooking fuel, 50 percent without medicine or medical treatment, and 49 percent without water.
81 percent of Basotho said the level of corruption in the country increased during the past year.
Afrobarometer National Investigator Libuseng Malephane raised concern about the mushrooming of political parties, saying this has discouraged Basotho to partake in politics.
Lesotho has moved from 11 political parties registered with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in 1997 to 27 in 2017 and ultimately 65 political parties this year.
Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in Africa.
Eight rounds of surveys were conducted in up to 37African countries between 1999 and 2018, and Round 9 surveys (2021/2022) are currently underway. The Afrobarometer team in Lesotho, led by Advision Lesotho, interviewed 1,200 adult Basotho in February/March 2022.
A sample of this size yields results with a margin of error of +/-3percent at a 95percent confidence level. Previous surveys have been conducted in Lesotho in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2020.
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