Former top civil servant charged
MASERU — A former director in the Prime Minister’s Poverty Reduction Programme (Prep), Topollo Lephatšoe, yesterday appeared in the Maseru Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of fraud, theft and corruption.
Lephatšoe is being charged together with a local company, VST Commodity Brokers (Pty) Ltd, and its director Pitso Masiu.
Lephatšoe is alleged to have manipulated procurement procedures to ensure that Masiu’s VST Commodity get a M90 000 tender to supply goods to the Prep in 2008.
Lephatšoe and Masiu were nabbed by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) after a protracted investigation.
The prosecution says the procurement procedure requires that an officer purchasing goods should make a requisition and specify the goods and then submit the requisition form to stores office for sourcing of three quotations from potential suppliers.
The stores office selects the supplier and issues out the purchase order to the supplier to supply the goods.
Having delivered the goods, the supplier submits the invoice to the accounts section along with the delivery note signed by him and the recipient confirming receipt of the goods.
The goods received are kept in the inventory registry for record’s sake, indicating the description, quantity, identification mark, if any, and any other details after the requesting officer has checked and confirmed that the goods conform to the specifications required.
In instances where goods are bought for use in Prep projects, a consignment note is prepared for each batch to be conveyed for delivery.
The prosecution alleges Lephatšoe disregarded this process when he gave the tender to Masiu.
It is alleged that he invited only two quotations from VST Commodity Brokers and Hatasi Equipment Supply.
He is alleged to fraudulently prepared the third quotation from a certain Mr Construction (Pty) Ltd.
The idea, the prosecution suggests, was to give the impression that Prep had sought three quotations as required by the procurement procedures.
Lephatšoe then reportedly ordered the requisition officer, ’Mamosa Masoabi, to fill in VST Commodity Brokers in the requisition form as a supplier.
Lephatšoe is also said to have issued out a government vehicle to take the VST Commodity Brokers director Masiu to collect goods from Durban and facilitated the full payment of the company before the delivery of all the goods.
Lephatšoe is also accused of assisting VST Commodity Brokers to “use public monies to supply the remaining goods if ever they were delivered”.
“The argument will be that such remaining goods were not delivered and, if not, such monies were fraudulently obtained therefore,” reads part of the charge sheet.
The company is accused of ordering “the store officer to sign the delivery note confirming receipt of the goods without availing such goods to the store for the officer to check or confirm that indeed they are delivered and that they conform to specifications”.
Lephatšoe is accused of misleading the government by saying “payment of M90 000 was lawfully due to accused 2 (VST Commodity Brokers) as a result of the delivery of goods.”
Testifying before magistrate Mokhoro yesterday Masoabi, who signed the requisition form on Lephatšoe’s instruction, said Lephatšoe had powers to single-handedly appoint a supplier if he knew that he could not find goods of the same quality in Lesotho.
Cross-examined by defence counsel, Makhetha Motšoari, Masoabi said Lephatšoe “would not be found to have erred by unilaterally choosing to deal with only one supplier”.
She said procurement procedure was not queried by the requisition officer, supervisor, financial controller, accountant, head of department and the principal secretary for cabinet.
Motšoari put it to her that the Prep office operates in a different way from other government departments because its head, Lephatšoe, had powers to decide what should happen and engage anybody with certain skills for specific jobs.
Masoabi said that was so.
She also agreed that some equipment was transported from the manufacturers straight to the Prep projects sites without following the normal government procurement procedures.
This, she said, was done in the understanding that Prep “operated uniquely”.
She agreed that Lephatšoe, as the brains behind Prep, was better positioned to know the needs of the project and the communities it served.
The requisition forms were filled with information from him and he was the one with powers to select the best supplier.
The case continues before Senior Resident Magistrate ’Makampong Mokhoro.
Comment by semenekane on 30 August 2012:
Haba qosoe bana ba corrupt. Haho ka qaloa ka Mahaletere a fumanoa a le molato qosong eo a belelloang ka eona, to all investigating authorities, ke tla le rolela khaebana. Mona le sebetsana le Leboli le leholo kahona le tlameha ho sebetsa ka thata
DCEO\Police ke ne ke lakatsa ha le ne leka qala ka linyeoe tse kenyelletsang lichelete tse ngata pele ho nyane tsena joalo ka:-
- Mahaletere’s cases
- Block Farming scheme
- M20 e kentsoeng acc ea Leburu
- Koloi ea Land cruiser ea Ministry of Health etc.
Ho tloha mona le kene lipolaong tse sehloho tsa batho tse kenyelletsang bobolu ba chelete joalo ka polao ea Maile Mosisili, Lekhooa le neng le sebetsa mokhatlong oa Bill Clinton foundation, le bo ntate Machakela le ba bang
Comment by Bobete on 30 August 2012:
In order to determine if indeed Prep operations were unigue and not subject to Govt Procurement Regulations, first establish the source of funding for Prep operations, and if its govt of Lesotho, they are subject to GoL Procurement Regulations. Even if the funding came from donors, they specify whether the entity (Prep) should follow the GOL procurement regulations or the donors regulations.
Then what about GoL vehicle collecting goods from Durban for the supplier and the culprit facilitating payment of the supplier before the goods were received? I already mentioned that officers in the ousted govt did ratas (ha tali)with public money.
Comment by tlotlisang on 30 August 2012:
Just concerned, I wonder whether semenekane has work to do. He/she make childish commends on almost every article of this paper! I tell you that Health car was stolen. I personally know the driver from whom it was taken at gun point. I doubt whether he had a hand in its disappearance. He is still very poor and so much hurt because the Minister expelled him because of that case. Why would he be poor and hurt if he sold the car? Why would the Minister expel him if the Minister had sold it?
Comment by OA BEREA on 30 August 2012:
@Tlotlisang,
Please stop bothering yourself ka semenakane.He is always out of point.
Hona joale ho buuoa ka ntate Lephats’oe, eena o sa qhometse batho ba sa ameheng litabeng tsena.And u ke ke oa makala ho fumana hore semenakane o bolile ho feta batho bana bao buang ka bona hakana.
Comment by BKC on 30 August 2012:
The problem with Lephats’oe is that he is technically the right Person for such projects in Lesotho but has so much been corrupted by being granted the leeway to do bussiness in a fashion that had the potential for abuse.
Lephats’oe has been one of the first that I know of the brought the techonolgy to produce vaseline jelly in Lesotho, using the locally available aloe plant. This was initially meant to be an initiative that was so original and meant to support the vulnerable and disadvantaged in Lesotho including cooperative unions! This technology became the much sought after tech by other countrie, such that even some organizations from swaziland had wanted to bering their People to Lesotho to learn from this tech. The unfortunate things were He took the oportunity of being granted unlimited powers and used the initiative for self enrichment, if he ever became rich! Another challenge was the inability of his office to link the producers to the markets, which led to the private sector finally seeing the potential and seizing it up-EV is a case in point! This was while his chief interets was focussig on what is in it for him.
The sand stone quarry development that has led to Lesotho exporting sand stone can be recorded to his name! How far this has benefitted the Basotho People, it is common history!
For those that have known him he is a Man of uncountable skills but his heart is not just in the right place!
The fact that he does not have a heart in the right place has resulted in him failing to take advantage to bring the expected economic inputs for the benefit of the Mosotho man. But this was also because he was given too much of a free hand by Mosisili.
It is like we can commit his body & heart to the gallows but save his head!
Comment by Maboroane on 30 August 2012:
The eye sees not itself, but by a reflection(mirror).The evils that men commit in darkness, or with deceit, are naked in God’s eyes. For God brought man naked on earth, and to Him without a cloth, a blemish shall return.Deeds committed behind closed doors for self-aggrandisement and paralization of the country, will always be manifested by God to the lowly in spirit and those who hunger to upflit the lives of the marginalized and poor. Corruption, theft, fraud as hidden activities by a doer, manifest are they to God and the humble, for God acts through man and so is the nation through the coalition government. Truth never mixes with lie. Truth will always manifest itself, like a hard substance that is insoluble in water.
Comment by KWOWS-ALL on 30 August 2012:
@OA BEREA & tlotlisang-HELA MOTHO ENOA BE RENG KE SEMENEKANE LE LEFEFOOANE KE BO MOLULA QHOOA!!!! BA LI TSEBA KAOFELA KEMPA KE MAKATSOA KE HA BA SA HUSI MAPOLESA BAA BITSA LIPHOQO!!!!
Comment by KWOWS-ALL on 30 August 2012:
@OA BEREA & tlotlisang-HELA MOTHO ENOA BA RENG KE SEMENEKANE LE LEFEFOOANE KE BO MOLULA QHOOA!!!! BA LI TSEBA KAOFELA KEMPA KE MAKATSOA KE HA BA SA THUSI MAPOLESA BAA BITSA LIPHOQO!!!!
Comment by Thabang on 30 August 2012:
We see a lot of cases coming to the foe at point in time. Does this mean that the past government was condoning or even protecting the alleged culprits? Does this aslo mean that our law enforcement agencies were not independent enough to tackel corruption? Does this further mean that if one is in government’s good books, one is immune to prosecution? If one or more of the answers to these questions are in the affirmitive, then we have a serious problem and our country will not develop.
Comment by Mokoko oa Lihlaba on 30 August 2012:
Hela Thabang ,ele hore ha o lelloe hore ruri Lesotho le ne le aparetsoe ke maru a matso.E mong le e mong o ne a iketsetsa ntho eo a e ratang.Let alone in the Prime Minister ‘s office.Sheba lekaleng la Thuto,moo PS ea teng ele emong oa scam sa Likolo tse sa hauoang.Feela ngoaneso ose ke oa makala,akere le Moetelli pele oa DC o ile a amohela hore Muso oa hae,tse ling tsa lintho tse moliileng ke Corruption at its Best and let alone it happened in his office.Moleleki a bolella Basotho straight hore otlo Leqetsa chelete ea MCA so se ke oa makala ngoaneso mona ene ele ha ‘Manyafeng.Motho e mong a moholo Musong mona oile a mpolella hore Ntho tse Makaleng mona ke lala,feela,jaa le Siile Thutong le Health,hothoe litsoa pele ka corruption and missing monies tseo ho sa tsejoang hore na likae.Ke hlakantsutsu feela.Feela qetellong ba molato ha ba tsoaroe.Ako bone Ntate ea Moholo hakana ea nang le lelapa a tlo toronkela M90,000.00 eo ke kholoang hore one ae fumana ka selemo ,ha a ntse a ikholla moputso oa hae ,ruri ke mahlabisa lihlong feela.
Comment by me-sinner on 30 August 2012:
“”"That you FORGIVE everyone who has ever hurt you, and you understand the deeper purpose of all your pain.”"”
“”"That you tell the truth, and keep your word, and judge no man. That you FORGET today, forget your age, forget your past, forget your aches and pains.”"”
Comment by Ts'ats'abele on 30 August 2012:
Hee Basotho ba bolile hle! Lephats’oe eena ba mo ts’oere hantle hobane baokameli ba makala ‘musong ba rata hampe hore ba hlolieane ka hore basebetsi ba Procurement ba bolile, fela ele hore bona li-Director le ba ka holimo ho bona, ke bona ba corrupt, joale ba its’ireletsa ka basebetsi ba tlaase ba senang matla. Ha a ke a arabe bobolu bono ba hae ba Cabinet monna enoa eo eena le PS ea hae ba neng ba reka tsoekere ka M100 le drink ka M80. Ha a ka li arabe Lephats’oe. Ke hokae moo supplier ho ka rekoang ho eena ebe kamora moo o fuoa koloi ea ‘muso hore a late thepa Durban? Che hee libolu tse ling ke liphoqo-phoqo bophelong. Ke hore Lephats’oe enoa o re bonts’a hantle fela hore ene ele supplier ea company eno ea bobolu.
Ke hona hore baokameli ba makala ba photholehe, ho bonahale hantle hore ba na le li-company tsa bona tseo ba sebelisang batho ba Procurement habohloko ka tsona hore ho rekoe ho tsona feela. Ha a qosoe monna enoa hle ea ithekisetsang thepa a be a e late Durban ka koloi ea ‘muso. Ba rata le ho etsa liqeto tse fosahetseng ba sa kenyeletse basebetsi ba ka procurement hobane ba sebelisa matla a bona hampe. Haa arabe monna enoa hle!!!
Comment by Ts'ats'abele on 30 August 2012:
Kamora mona ho batlisisoe limillion tsa blockfarming moo a mang a matona a ‘muso o fetileng ba neng ba inkela tsona ba re ba ilo lema, ‘me ha temo e feitse ba hana ho patala limillion tseno. Ke hokae moo motho a ke keng a patala loan ebe o re morero oa hae o feitse? Akere taba ke hore o nkile chelete eo eseng ea hae? A mang a matona a amehang blockfarming e ntse ele matona le pusong ena fela ele hore ba corrupt hakalo. Joale le bona haba qosoe, haba kaholimo ho molao. Kapa le bona ba tla tla qosoe joalo ka mahaltere e se ese matona kaha ke culture ea Africa?
Comment by Brian Lara on 30 August 2012:
The correct procedure for the procurement in the Goverment of Lesotho goes like this,The responsible ministry will include such proposal in their annual work plan and if the amount of money is above ministry threshold,the justification will be made to support the proposal that it should be included in the ministry allocation as budget.Because the GOL is using modified cash budget it means that one will not spend the money that is nor requested ,allocated and busget for by Minister of finance then.FIRST STEP
Secondly the requesting unit will submit their request to the finance,who will allocate chargeable budget lines, and submit to the PS for signature.Then SECOND STEP
Thirdly such request will be submitted to Procurement unit.where the written tender will be published through newspaper,GOL website and both television and radio for at least fourteen days.The suppliers will be notified of submission mode and the ministry will use tender box,specifing closing date.-THIRD STEP
forthly,direct procurement is not applicable here ,unless prior requestion and waiver has been submitted and signed for by PS,Finance and head of procurement.
Fifth,all the tenders will be opened by special committee,or in the presence of all the tenderers.then the minutes will be prepared by procurement officer and submit it to PS ,Finance and the minister in other cases.
Lastly then Purchases order can be raised and signed.
The question here is which procurement rules has Phatsoeli followed here.Is he tailor making rules in this GOL ?Araba mona he Soabi Lady
Comment by Mokoko oa Lihlaba on 30 August 2012:
Uena ,Tlotlisang ,ka ‘nete o tlameha o le emong ea senyehetsoeng hampe haholo ha Potoana e uele ,u me sarelo ,mohlomong oe mong oa ba neng ba leqetsa joale ntho li o phonyohile ,Koloi ena ea Muso ea LandCruser was never reported to the Police of Lesotho nor SAPS ,ke hore o leshano.Mphu one a etsa moritaoke feela ha tebela Driver.Ba tseba hantle hore na e kae.Thola o shebelle e tlo khutla le eona ka taba tsa eona.Engoe e se ele teng e ntse e tsoere linomoro tsa ‘Muso oa Lesotho.Feela ekare o bitter ka manyofonyofo ana haa hlahella.Relaxxxxxxx, it will take another 5yrs before re tjekana ka mantsoe ha re iketela likhetho.Potoana e uele amohela ,puso e ncha ese ele teng ,O bone na Muso o oa lilapa o hlokometse Maqhekoana joang?A ko re thoholetse ,M600.00.Likhutsana ,Batlokotsing ,Likooa ,Ke ‘Mao nthoe?Tsipaaaaaaaaaaa Muso oa Chakalakaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Comment by Oa likoetseng on 30 August 2012:
Lephats’oe o oela hara Basotho baa malimabe. Basotho baa emellane ba ea hobosana ba lakaletsana bobe feela Makula ke ana a jele lits’a le Meaho ea Basotho ka bolotsana boo ts’abehang, ke barui baa hlomphehang ka hara naha ena feela ba ruile ka bolotsana ba ho silafatsa naha ena ka litjotjo le bobolu ba ho iketsetsa li lease tsa bolotsana le ho silafatsa makhotla a naha eena, empa o keke oa utloa ba etsetsoa lerata joalo ka bo Lephats’oe tjena,le DCEO ena ea lona e keke ea ba atamela le khaale,ba ka tsoa mokola pela metsoalle ea Bahlomphehi mono.
TLOHANG MONA BASOTHO TING BA MAKOALA.
Comment by semenekane on 30 August 2012:
@ Tlotlisang le Oa Berea
Litaba tsa Bo- Mahaletere bao ba lona hali oele sehlopheng sa batho ba belaelloang ka corruption?. Hake utloe hore le re ke tsoile lekoeteng joang?.
Akere ke ne ke re ke hopotse li – Investigation authorities lintho tse ling tse hlokoang ho sala morao kapa joang?.
Driver ea Mphu e ile ea batleloa mosebetsi Free State ke mang kamorao hore a etse moritaoke oa ho moleleka?
Halala! Re tla hle re bone hore Semphu se nkha ho kae?
Comment by pit on 30 August 2012:
Ebe Mohafa oa ho winner lotto jackpot twice from ladybrand. I wonder how he is going to explain winning lotto from ladybrand where there has not been any jackpot win from the town. I wonder where the millions are now….
Comment by mohlalefi on 31 August 2012:
Mohlalefi ke Thebe, ke Thebe ea Rona Basotho!
Comment by semenekane on 31 August 2012:
@ Pit
Hela! Oa nkhopotsa e ngoe taba ea Mohafa. Chelete eo ea Lotto eo re sa tsebeng hore u e hapile ho kae?, u hahile terene e kholo feela ea ntlo Khubetsoana ka chelete ea eona. Likoloi tsona hake sa bua.
Borotho Matsoso o ts’oere file ea litaba tseo tsa bobolu. Molao ha o sebetse khahlanong le bo – Mahaletere bana ba futsanehisitseng naha ea Lesotho
Comment by Matamong on 31 August 2012:
Ke hona retla utloa mehlolo ka muso ona oa bo tlotlisang. Le tiea le hlapanya lere rene re busoa hantle ka tsona ketso tse tje tsa bo mphu ramatlapeng? Hei Molimo haa ke a re senolele tse ling tse ngata, mohlomong le tla phaphama borokong mapotoana le hlokomele hore liketso tsena li ne li hloka Molimo ka hare. Koloi ea combi eona e neng e lahlehe ka parking lekaleng la matumelo sekatle ea rekisetsoa lechaena moqhobi oa eona e isoa holimo le tlase e kaba eona hae so fumanoe. Chee kea le ts’ba mapotoana.
Comment by Ke Thabile on 31 August 2012:
Ache le mo chabetse letsatsi ntate Lephat’soe. Ke hopola taba tsa Makaota Suuport Group Mafeteng mane o neng o sebeletsa setorong sa likoporasi. Ntate enoa o ne a sokolisa hoo ha ane a tlameha ho patala rent kaha mokhatlo ona o ne o ikarabella tlasa hae (Director of Poverty Reduction Program). O qetelletse ka ho bolela hore ba tla senya litokiso tsohle tseo ba li entseng setorong moo eena ha a na patala rent lekhale. Ba fetse ba senya sohle ba tsamaea ebile ba kolota koporasi chelete e fetang M50,000.00 ea rent. Chelete ena e qetelletse e le kana hobane haesale ba kena setorong moo ba sa batle ho patala. Hona ho hlakile hore ofisi e ne e ntse e nt’sa chelete ebe eena oa itjella.Che! Ha u ts’aba u ts’abe lefu la ho se khotsofalle seo u nang le sona. Heleeeeeeele ntate Lephatsoe!
Comment by Joe on 31 August 2012:
Le nna kea le ts’aba mapotoana hee le balotsana,le le chabetse letsatsi
Comment by Mokoko oa Lihlaba on 31 August 2012:
Banabeso,Basotho ba batle ,ke ntse ke leboha Morena Molimo hore ebe Ntate Mosisili o ile a theha party ena ea Malikotoana hoba hoja ase etse joalo ,re ne re tlo jana seka Malimo bo Rakotsoana.Batho bana bane ba se ba sa je bane ba etsa tjela mahlong.Oa tseba le lekaleng lena la Local Gov ,Pontso sekatle one are Likhufu tsane tseo a neng a li pakile Mohalalitoe ke tsa hae.Motho o sitoa ho hlalohanya .Joale ho joang tsatsing lee ,le ba chabetse and Ntsu e hlotha batho mapheo .Moleleki officing eno eo ene ele letona teng ene ele security seo o sa tsebeng hore na ene ele molemong oa eng,hore na ho ne ho patoa eng mono.Joale tsatsing lena le mochabetse le bo mphato oahae.Hare thuse muso ona re o tsehetseng ,re seke ra lumella sera se arole Basotho banabeso.Re se re kopa hore le lona ba fueng boikarabello hore le abe mesebetsi ka toka ,le fane ka litsebeletso hantle ,Basotho ba ke ba be le chelete,ba phele ha monate ka boiketlo,Mosotho emong le emong a batlang ho ba le ntho eo a e batlang a e fumane,Khotso Pula Nala Basotho ,’Maapara -Kobo a matle ,Bana Ba Nkhaulise e motle Thuhloane.
Comment by Qacha on 31 August 2012:
Koloi ea ho rekoa ke Jane , a ithekela eona H 1710 fela re thetsoa ka hore ke ea Local Gov Qacha ese e retsoe X 1361 . Ache he ntate Metsing o tsamaea butle le eena banna. Our minister is just TOO LENIENT/SOFT
Comment by semenekane on 31 August 2012:
@ Qacha
U mpolella hore Jane ha a sana koloi? Kapa ela ea linomoro tsa H 1710 o ntse a tsamaea ka eona empa e le hore feela e se e fetotse nomoro?
Comment by Qacha on 31 August 2012:
SEMENEKANE, Jane o rekile H 1710 e le motho oa procument loc gov as if o e rekela loc. Gov . Qacha . Jane stole the money with Tseane, the present DCS in Q Nek ho ithekela makoloi. Surprisingly H 1710 has changed its number plate to X 1361 without any explanation. Tse ncha hape ke hore Phatela DA QACHA moketeng oa Mosisili waterfall one a thota mapotoana ka koloi ea hae ea muso a e chenchile a tlositse number plate ea X a kentse H. Khele potoana e ea laela Q Nek . Ntate Metsing chencha bo_ DA le li DCS hle!
Comment by Thoughts Provoking on 31 August 2012:
I hope corruption will be rooted out of this beautiful small country! I hope whoever is involved, be it my father, face their nemesis!
Khotso etla ata Lesotho
With Regards,
Thoughts Provoking!
Comment by Mejametalana on 1 September 2012:
@ Qacha
The problem I have with you is that your issues are local and personal all the time, arguably because you are anguished or holding a grudge. Because you are my brother and countryman, your pain is my pain, and I’m sorry for the hurt you may have suffered. There is nothing untoward if DA attended Mosisili’s ceremony using a government vehicle. Chee Basotho lea makatsa, Mosisili is a former PM and is still an MP, and he should be accorded all the respect for the service he did for the country. This is a standard practice all over the world for all former presidents and prime ministers. Because you don’t benchmark, you find this weird.
You know very well that in Qacha’s Nek Matoala are EXTREMELY FEW and can be counted on fingers, and so are Ma-LCD, but you want Minister Metsing to change DCS and DA willy-nilly without due regard for their terms of contracts. It can’t be in a democratic country. Why do you mention people’s names on this forum who have not been found guilty by a court of law, and say they ‘stole money’? It’s not fair. Because you are of the VERY FEW who are not DC supporters in Qacha’s Nek, you will live a painful life because Qacha’s Nek people will NEVER turn against Mosisili. It’s a strong counterforce from those who hate him, mostly Maseru-based pseudo-intellectuals who pretend to be informed and cleverer than the rest of us, but are seriously wanting in African values of botho/ubuntu and respect for others and their sensibilities.
Comment by Mejametalana on 1 September 2012:
@ Qacha
Le tla re ts’ehisa balichaba. Is it corruption when DA attends a ceremony of former Prime Minister and current MP using a government vehicle for a distance of about 15 kilometers? You even say o na nts’itse number plate, poor soul to protect his/her job. Are we so poor and politically divided that we can complain about such petty stuff? I dare anybody on this one, le Tom? When former presidents/prime ministers visit Lesotho or any country around the world, they are not treated like private citizens, let alone in their own countries. Mosisili is not a private citizen like you and I.
Comment by Qacha on 1 September 2012:
@MEJAMETALANA. This is a new era , as far as Lesotho ‘s politics is concerned. DAs AND DCSs are political positions therefore the present ones have to go as they are known to be supporters of the old regime. How are we going to implement our policies with people who hate this gov? They have to go Mejametalana! and the sooner the better. If ever we fail to deliver the goods in this gov, we have to fail with our own people. Lastly, visit IEC and check if ever LCD is indeed a minority in Q nek, I bet you will swallow your words.
Comment by Lefika on 1 September 2012:
he banna le hopole hore lesotho mona meputso e menyane ha hona hore liofisiri li ke ke tsa utsoa le ne le re Lephatsoe eena a joe kae? pere e fula moo e ropiloeng teng. Uena mokoko u tse u utsoa mono moo u leng teng.~muso ona leona ke oa masholu bo Thahane le ba bang ba kenyeletsang tonakholo nkemele ke lesholu le eena.re tlaba `muso lerona ho tla ~makoa.
Comment by Lefika on 1 September 2012:
Corruption is our lifestyl in Lesohto,what had been changed here is a bottle only not a medicen indeed coz the same ministers are stil govrning,so how can we hope that corruptin can take off.good people ha re beng bohlale ha bo le siko ha re bokopeng ho molimo.
Comment by Lidie on 2 September 2012:
It looks like we elected you Mr T.T. to search for the transparency of the PAST: no, think about it; what about the future, what about us? I mean us the poor of this country, we are looking up to you to make a difference. Us factory workers we work maximum hours which is against International Human Rights, will you ever say something about the future when your government is so busy trying to make the past right. Ntate ba u liela bo maeletsa!
Comment by Lefefooane on 3 September 2012:
To me it seems like the previous regime was a nest and web of corruption and nepotism to such an extent that we will not finish to uncover such a widespread corruption. What annoys me is when the corruption was happening right in the \PMS office. It is really shocking. That man, mccd, never bordered to listen when we shouted “corruption, corruption, corruption”. Instead he said ” Ba tla bohola joalo ka ntja e bohola khoeli”. Now, his surbodinates we keep singing “Ba bohola khoeli” while they continued to loot us the poor. My advice to the Letsema is that they form/appoint a ministry dedicated to corruption. We need a minister of corruption and nepotism to deal with almost all the acts of corruption in this government and particularly in the previous potoana thing.
Comment by Lefefooane on 3 September 2012:
One way to deal with the past acts of corruption is to investigate all the civil servants and see if their assets match their sources of income. For instance in Hlotse you would have a mere petrol attendant at government filling station affording to build a double storey manson. Then one asks, “How can a petrol attendant build a double storey manson?”. It does nos not come as a surprise to see a mere clerk at passport office driving a flashy car and having a very big house. Funny, those low-graded civil servants refuse promotion to higher positions.
Comment by AND on 3 September 2012:
@Lefika thanx you are 100% RIGHT!!!!!!!”"Corruption is our lifestyl in Lesohto,what had been changed here is a bottle only not a medicen indeed coz the same ministers are stil govrning,so how can we hope that corruptin can take off.good people ha re beng bohlale ha bo le siko ha re bokopeng ho molimo.”"”
@Lefefooane I DO’NT GET IT YOU ALWAYS REFER TO POTOANA “”THING”"” WHAT ABOUT “”LCD THING”" WHICH RULED FOR 15 YEARS OR IT DOES’NT MATTER SINCE IT IS NOW PART OF THE COALITION??? TO ME EVEN THE “”ABC”" THING STILL BELONGS TO THE SAME DC AND LCD THINGS ANYWAY!!!!!!!
@@ Qacha BATHO BA MASERU BA RATA BOHLALE HO ME HA SE BA MASERU BOHOLO NTSE RE TLOHANG KOANA KHOHO LI MERITI A KO MPOLELLE NA BATHO BA HAILE HA BO THETSNA MATALA LITHOTENG MASERU EAST etc ha bo bona ke kae bampa ba rata bo CLVER LIKE YOU SAY KE BANA BAO MOTHO A EANG CLOCOLAN TWO DAYS A TLE A SANTSARE MARE KE TSOA KOO CLOCOLAN!! WHAT A NATION WHAT A COUNTRY!!!!
@Lidie you are right as well
@Lefika I LIKE THIS ONE MY BROTHER “”he banna le hopole hore lesotho mona meputso e menyane ha hona hore liofisiri li ke ke tsa utsoa le ne le re Lephatsoe eena a joe kae? pere e fula moo e ropiloeng teng. Uena mokoko u tse u utsoa mono moo u leng teng.~muso ona leona ke oa masholu bo Thahane le ba bang ba kenyeletsang tonakholo nkemele ke lesholu le eena.re tlaba `muso lerona ho tla ~makoa.”"”
Comment by AND on 3 September 2012:
@Qacha oa makatsa koloi ha se mohlolo ela ea M4000 e neng e khutlisoa imperial ea e hana e kae?? le hana ho araba HEI BATHO BA NKANG LEHLAKORE
Comment by ABC/LCD/BNP on 3 September 2012:
@Mokoko oa Lihlaba EMPA U SONTSO BA AROLA BASOTHO KA PUO TSA HAU
Comment by Lephatsoe on 3 September 2012:
@Mokoko oa Lihlaba Thanks Mr or Mrs clean for you nice commentsa and fair jugdement have a good day as the Americans say
Comment by Sematsatsa on 4 September 2012:
corruption is an ugly term linaha tse e lumeletsing li tetebetse haholo Ao bathong ake le rateng naha ena hleng.Ke kopa re ke re shebeng melata e tlang Lesotho ho rekisa masale
Comment by Thoughts Provoking on 4 September 2012:
Does it hurt to be positive for once in your lives? We can be a better nation!
Comment by semenekane on 5 September 2012:
E kaba boy e tlo ja let’s'oao ho ea ka Matamong ke mang?. Hase hore re thabela litsietsi tsa batho ba bang empa sena e lokeloa hore e be thuto ho batho ba pusong ho khaotsa ho ja mashome a sechaba.
Re lebelletse ka hlokolosi e kholo ha Ngoale e khiba. Molimo a boloke Lesotho le Basotho. Bro Tom, DJ Waters le Batheze Molimo a ba fe bohlale ba Samsone ho busa naha ea Lesotho hantle, re natefeloe bohle ho kenyelletsa le Ma-Pitsa. Corruption e loants’oe ka hohle-hohle hosa tsotellehe hore e etsahetse ho mang, ba molato ba ee ka Matamong.
Boholo ba Molimo bo phahamisoe hobane ke Molimo o ts’epahalang, o kokobetsa ba iphahamisitseng, o phahamisa ba ikokobetsang.
Comment by achee on 5 September 2012:
@Semenekane “”"Boholo ba Molimo bo phahamisoe hobane ke Molimo o ts’epahalang, o kokobetsa ba iphahamisitseng, o phahamisa ba ikokobetsang”" U BOLELA BA IKOKOBETSANG JOALO KA UENA KAPA JOANG?? TURA TURA TSEE U LI BUANG MEHLA EE MOO LI BONTSA U LE MOTHO OA BOIKOKOBETSO??? KE T’SABA LE LEBITSO LE LEHOLO HAKANA LEO EBESALENG LE LEHLAISA QHAFUTSONG ENA EA LONA!!!
Comment by Joko on 5 September 2012:
@Semenekane-se ka ikaketsa ehlile u thabela tsietsi tsa batho mooahloli ea khabane
Comment by semenekane on 5 September 2012:
Ke litsietsi tsa batho li feng tseo ke li thabelang? Kapa hale batle hake fa mapolesa monynyetsi?. Ache! E ka mpa ea ba karohano ea Mafura le Maroma joale.
Comment by Oa likoetseng on 5 September 2012:
Khaohana le bona semenekane ba ea hlanya, chelete tsena tseo esale ba re li nyametse ka holima mangope li ba Taile. Malinyane a bona ke ane aa tletse likolong mose koana ka bolotsana joale bare o thole!! A mang Malinyane aa tlatsitsoe ‘Musong mona, haesale bana ba Mafutsana ba ngolisetsa Khiro Public service ho tloha lilemong tsee leshome tsee fitileng, ba bile ba hiriloe lifemeng ka mangolo ao a bona..Kapa ho boleloang na ka tsietsi??
Comment by Oa likoetseng on 5 September 2012:
Teronkong teng le eaea, hore naa leka itlarietsa joang le joang.Le nahana hore re chenchile Puso hobaneng? Le nahana hore re loketse re le shebelle ha le eja lichelete tsee tsa sechaba tsa bolotsana ebe le li entse Penchele tsa lona le Malinyane aa lona? Setsoeng ke ha Molapo, moo le eang teng ke ntloana ts’oana.
Comment by Litjobo on 5 September 2012:
Lephatsoe oa tseba u molotsana hle monna ebile kereke ea hao e o khaotse “disfellowshiped” save ur time and ours
Comment by Tsotsina on 7 September 2012:
Jonna Lesotho Oeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Comment by Tsotsina on 7 September 2012:
Jonna Lesotho Oeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!Ramaseli hauooa hle!