Lesotho: MPs Oppose New Police Retirement Age Proposal

MEMBERS of Parliament have expressed strong opposition to a proposed legal amendment that seeks to raise the retirement age for police officers from 55 to 60 years.

Some say the proposed Lesotho Mounted Police Service (Administration) (Amendment) Regulation 2025, which seeks to effect the change, will scupper upward mobility for young people while others say the government needs to fully explain why it believes the change is necessary.

The proposed amendment was gazetted last Friday by the…