{"id":31983,"date":"2023-07-30T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/whither-meritocracy-honesty-in-civil-service"},"modified":"2023-07-30T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:45:45","slug":"whither-meritocracy-honesty-in-civil-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/whither-meritocracy-honesty-in-civil-service","title":{"rendered":"Whither Meritocracy & Honesty in Civil Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>In a recent newspaper interview, former Senior Chief Executive Asha Burrenchobay talks about the extent to which nepotism, sinecure, over-manning, waste and corruption have become rampant and have contributed to balloon the 2023\/24 budget to some Rs 200B.<\/p>\n

Given the prevailing situation, couldn\u2019t the administration be run with a 25% budget reduction without compromising the quality of services? Many think it is possible to do so.<\/p>\n

To run the colonial administration, the British had recourse to UK-trained locals. (In India, the East India Company recruited top graduates from a select few British universities to run the administration.<\/p>\n

) Later, they set up Royal Colleges and other universities manned by qualified British citizens to inculcate European standards among the native recruits. They succeeded in creating in the Indian sub-continent a level of service they copied from British.<\/p>\n

Mauritius too had mandarins of the calibre of Simpson and other foreign-trained local talents who excelled during the transition from colonial rule to independent Mauritius.<\/p>\n

However, a few decades after independence, the rot started to penetrate the service. With regime change in 1982 the country started witnessing a backsliding of meritocracy in favour of nepotism where merit was thrown out by the window.<\/p>\n

Many with top qualifications and who had passed the competitive entry exams with flying colours were side-lined or fired in alleged public interest to be replaced by others for political or ideological reasons.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. In a recent newspaper interview, former Senior Chief Executive Asha Burrenchobay talks about the extent to which nepotism, sinecure, over-manning, waste and corruption have become rampant and have contributed to balloon the 2023\/24 budget to some Rs 200B. 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