Lesotho: Morai Needs to Devise a Clear Plan to Reform LMPs

Basotho must be relieved that former Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) boss, Holomo Molibeli, has hit the road.

His six years at the LMPS’s helm marked a dark period of torture and numerous civilian deaths at the hands of the police. Criminals were allowed to run rampant, in the process landing Lesotho at number six on the global homicidal scale.

In his place now is acting Commissioner of Police, Mahlape Morai, who promises to be a breath of fresh air.

Not only is she a woman, she is also a…