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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, says dissenting cadres within the party who are pushing for an elective conference have lost focus on the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

Matekane was speaking at a rally organised by his party in Maputsoe on Sunday. He said his party does not have time to quarrel over the election of a new national executive committee.<\/p>\n

The RFP, he said, wants to focus on implementing the changes he promised Basotho during the election campaign and in his inauguration speech last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommittees are just a waste of time,\u201d Matekane said.<\/p>\n

He said the people should instead focus on development projects he is bringing, like the reintroduction of the microchip identification system of livestock.<\/p>\n

Matekane said he is going to launch the project in Peka on Sunday. He said his government will give \u201cagriculture top priority\u201d. \u201cI have asked our Minister of Agriculture to engage with the owners of the fields .
\n. because we want to cultivate all of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome him and cooperate with him, he will show you how those fields will be used,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Matekane said this is the time to execute their plans, saying the project will begin next month following the allocation of funds in the national budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis financial year, 2023\/24, things will be done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Agriculture\u2019s budget has been made thrice the amount it was because agriculture is the mainstay of the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Matekane said they should focus on making towns livable. \u201cLights are not working. We have started lighting Maseru and we are about to do this throughout the country.
\n\u201cMoreover, we had fixed the machines and soon we will be repairing and building the roads. The whole country is going to have machines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He invited the people to suggest the kinds of projects the government should help them with. \u201cI remind you that when we founded the RPF, we said it would bring about changes,\u201d Matekane said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not work like other parties because we are looking at the issues in a different way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put Lesotho and Basotho first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. THE Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) leader, Sam Matekane, says dissenting cadres within the party who are pushing for an elective conference have lost focus on the bigger picture. Matekane was speaking at a rally organised by his party in Maputsoe on Sunday. 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