Lesotho: Matekane Funds Own Inauguration

THE outgoing Moeketsi Majoro government is too broke to fully finance Prime Minister-designate Sam Matekane’s inauguration tomorrow. As a result, Mr Matekane is being forced to fund some costs of his inauguration from his own pocket, a move unprecedented in Lesotho’s entire post- independence history.

But such is the egregious incompetence of the outgoing Majoro premiership that tomorrow’s event would have been a national embarrassment if Mr Matekane did not have the resources to help bankroll it….