{"id":34036,"date":"2022-11-18T08:40:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/maintain-peace-geingob-tells-lesotho-pm"},"modified":"2022-11-18T09:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T09:09:03","slug":"maintain-peace-geingob-tells-lesotho-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/maintain-peace-geingob-tells-lesotho-pm","title":{"rendered":"Maintain peace, Geingob tells Lesotho PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>PRESIDENT Hage Geingob has told the newly elected prime minister of Lesotho, Samuel Matekane, to maintain peace to ensure Lesotho is no longer on the list of troubled countries.<\/p>\n

Geingob, as the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organ on politics, defence and security cooperation, is tasked to deal with conflicted nations in the region.<\/p>\n

Matekane paid Geingob a courtesy visit at State House yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we are going to take Lesotho off that list of countries with problems in Africa. So maintain that,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have previously been identified as conflicted countries, which Geingob has to address.<\/p>\n

However, the president’s organ troika last month expressed satisfaction with progress in Lesotho and agreed to help the country with ongoing reforms in line with democracy and stability.<\/p>\n

A 2021 United Nations assessment shows a political party system built on strong personalities rather than institutions grounded in ideological principles and a weak economy are at the centre of conflict and political instability.<\/p>\n

Matekane yesterday promised Geingob that the kingdom’s recent instability is a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problems have been over since 7 October when the elections were held. Now, no more problems. We want to see a different Lesotho,\u201d he assured Geingob.<\/p>\n

To deal with the country’s debt, the prime minister said he cut the country’s ministries from 27 to 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s a huge saving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Matekane’s government further plans to upskill its productivity to decrease imports.<\/p>\n

According to the World Bank, Lesotho’s economic performance has remained weak, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as sustained political instability.<\/p>\n

On bilateral cooperation, the prime minister said they are yet to identify areas<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are various things we can work on together, and we will agree on those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said since he took office eight days ago service delivery has been dealt with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potholes at towns, that I have done, because I started on the same day. I put up a team to fix the potholes at town. The other one is a hanging fruit . . . we had a problem that our town was dark because we didn’t have electricity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said a recent power outage was caused by cable theft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are busy trying to fix it. We are hoping to complete it in five or six weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Geingob, as the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organ on politics, defence and security cooperation, is tasked to deal with conflicted nations in the region.<\/p>\n

Matekane paid Geingob a courtesy visit at State House yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we are going to take Lesotho off that list of countries with problems in Africa. So maintain that,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have previously been identified as conflicted countries, which Geingob has to address.<\/p>\n

However, the president’s organ troika last month expressed satisfaction with progress in Lesotho and agreed to help the country with ongoing reforms in line with democracy and stability.<\/p>\n

A 2021 United Nations assessment shows a political party system built on strong personalities rather than institutions grounded in ideological principles and a weak economy are at the centre of conflict and political instability.<\/p>\n

Matekane yesterday promised Geingob that the kingdom’s recent instability is a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problems have been over since 7 October when the elections were held. Now, no more problems. We want to see a different Lesotho,\u201d he assured Geingob.<\/p>\n

To deal with the country’s debt, the prime minister said he cut the country’s ministries from 27 to 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s a huge saving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Matekane’s government further plans to upskill its productivity to decrease imports.<\/p>\n

According to the World Bank, Lesotho’s economic performance has remained weak, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as sustained political instability.<\/p>\n

On bilateral cooperation, the prime minister said they are yet to identify areas<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are various things we can work on together, and we will agree on those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said since he took office eight days ago service delivery has been dealt with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potholes at towns, that I have done, because I started on the same day. I put up a team to fix the potholes at town. The other one is a hanging fruit . . . we had a problem that our town was dark because we didn’t have electricity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said a recent power outage was caused by cable theft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are busy trying to fix it. We are hoping to complete it in five or six weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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