{"id":4871,"date":"2021-10-21T13:11:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T13:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/govt-spends-almost-m200-million-on-rent"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T13:35:14","slug":"govt-spends-almost-m200-million-on-rent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/govt-spends-almost-m200-million-on-rent","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t spends almost M200 million on rent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Lesotho<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Finance Hon. Thabo Sophonea has attested that government spent M190 125 834.00 in rental fees for 2019\/2020 financial year. This was in response to a series of questions<\/p>\n

asked by the Movement for Economic Change (MEC) Deputy Leader Hon. T\u0161epang T\u0161ita-Mosena on Thursday last week. Mosena had sought the clarification on the<\/p>\n

following: In response, the Hon. Minister said the government has collected funds to the tune of M31 588 445 from its leased properties. Sophonea further mentioned that the Asset Management will undertake<\/p>\n

the audit of all the government properties both residential and for business space. He further stated that the Ministry is currently working on the budget which will cater for the renovations of the<\/p>\n

dilapidated government residential apartments. When probed further by Informative Newspaper into what could have spiked this interest, she argued that<\/p>\n

their oversight role as MPs on the use of government funds directs them to provide guidance into averting unnecessary expenditure, but redirect the much needed<\/p>\n

funds to more pressing issues. Hon. Mosena who resides in Khubetsoana talked of the need for the government to undertake audit exercise for its properties<\/p>\n

and refurbish them as the unoccupied government buildings risk depletion which becomes an unnecessary wastage of public funds. Moreover, she lamented that it is not right if<\/p>\n

the government is renting from the private sector yet it has its own \u201cidle\u201d buildings that could be occupied to save on rental fees. She argued that it does not<\/p>\n

augur well as a country, that sometimes rent from government goes unpaid because it is too high, resulting in unnecessary battles that disadvantage the<\/p>\n

private sector, and embarrassing when the government\u2019s offices are evacuated from the private properties due to rental non-payments. She further said the move will counter<\/p>\n

the potential incidents of monies exchanging hands between the civil servants and the private tenants, at the expense of tax payers. Mosena also alleged that some people might have<\/p>\n

\u201ccaptured\u201d the government\u2019s properties, wherein they collect rent and do not transfer it to the public coffers, or some tenants do not pay rent at all. She concluded by saying, \u201cI am comfortable with the sensitization that the government is aware of wastage of its resources and properties\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Minister of Finance Hon. Thabo Sophonea has attested that government spent M190 125 834.00 in rental fees for 2019\/2020 financial year. This was in response to a series of questions asked by the Movement for Economic Change (MEC) Deputy Leader Hon. T\u0161epang T\u0161ita-Mosena on Thursday last week. 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