Lesotho: Royal Palace Project – A Case Study On How Not to Run a Country

The latest audit by Auditor-General, ‘Mathabo Makenete, into the Royal Palace project is yet another embarrassing illustration of the misgovernance that continues to afflict Lesotho, with seemingly no end in sight.

For more than a decade, fourteen years to be exact, the project is nowhere near completion and continues to bleed the public purse, benefiting corrupt elites.

The project is a case study on how public funds are continuously squandered through poor oversight, administrative chaos, and a…