Lesotho: Govt’s Skewed Priorities – IEC Ordered to Abandon M77m Building Over State House ‘Security Fears’

• Govt wants IEC to sell property for M25m Masowe site
• Prime Minister uneasy with tall building near State House
• IEC says it’s going nowhere

Mohloai Mpesi

IN a move that has stunned governance observers and raised fresh questions about Lesotho’s spending priorities, the government has ordered the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to sell its newly-acquired M77 million office building and relocate to a vacant, undeveloped site in Masowe worth M25.5 million — all because the current structure…