New senators appointed

MASERU — King Letsie III yesterday appointed 11 new senators who are set to be sworn-in tomorrow.

At least six of the new appointees are expected to be sworn-in as ministers and deputy ministers on Monday at the Royal Palace Banquet Hall.

The six include the Basotho National Party (BNP) deputy leader Joang Molapo.

Also appointed to senate is Dr Pinki Manamolela, an All Basotho Convention stalwart who runs a private clinic in Mohale’s Hoek.

The Lesotho Congress for Democracy deputy chairman and former foreign affairs minister, Mohlabi Tsekoa, has also been appointed senator.

The other appointees are the ABC’s Futho Hoohlo who pulled away from contesting for the  Maseru Central constituency to pave way for lawyer Haae Phoofolo, ’Malebitso Ralebitso, the BNP’s Dr ’Maseoehla Ntlama, who is a lecturer at the National University of Lesotho, and Maputi Ramoholi.

The King has also appointed Chieftainess ‘Makholu ‘Mualle Moshoeshoe, Ward Chief of Likueneng, Chief Qajela Lebona, Chief of Thaba-Tšoeu, Chieftainess ‘Mantoetse Lesaoana Peete, former Senator and Chief Sempe Lejaha who is a former President of the Senate.

The Senate is made up of 33 members, 22 of whom are principal chiefs while 11 are appointed by the King based on their skills and knowledge.

The Senate’s objective is to strengthen good governance and the principles of democracy by ensuring that laws that are passed contribute towards developing and improving livelihoods of Basotho.

The Senate also scrutinises Bills coming from the National Assembly before they can be passed into law.

There has been speculation that Molapo is likely to be appointed home affairs minister to replace former deputy prime minister Lesao Lehohla.

Manamolela is being tipped to head the health ministry replacing Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng who held the post in the previous government.

Tsekoa is being tipped to return to the foreign affairs ministry.

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  1. Re ea leboha ka khetho eo leha ke ne ke lebelletse hore ho tla etsoa motsoako ka li party tse ling tsa bohanyetsi ka batho ba kang bo Ntate Kelebone Maope, Mr Kholumo, Letsoela le ba bang.

    Ba khethiloeng ke hore ba eo sebelletsa sechaba, ba tlohele ho mamella mofuthu oa li air con ka liofising tsa ‘muso. Re hloka liphethoho tse potlakileng.

  2. Ele hore morena peete u ea embassing? Ha mmae a khutlela senatenf tjee? Ho bapallo ho rona

  3. Tonki, feela u ka lebella letho la bohlokoa pusong ea Nkemele, bona Soulo ke eno ke letona. Ke hona re tla bona masa a kokometse.

  4. Dr Pinki Manamolela? What is she reknowned for apart from being an MD running a private clinic? Ka boikokobetso hleng ba mo tsebang thusang.

  5. @semenekane Kholumo and Maope are already Mps.

  6. Le ea ba bona he bo Joang Molapo, motho o na ikane hore lebatooa la Maputsoe o tla le lona

  7. Wait and see!

  8. We await the reality of these news. I wish Molapo would head Foreign Affairs and Tsekoa move to Home Affairs! Otherwise we are happy. Marena ha a le mangata hakaale why bring back bo Lejaha le Mantoetsi? Ache. Re hlaola bo ralipolotiki ba se nang thuso, re boetse re khokoa ka ba Mantoetsi? Ho ba Mosotho Lesotho ke ho lekeha ka nako tse ling.

  9. Ach!HANTLE BASTHO LE BATLANG?RURI KE LUMELLANA LE UENA HORE HOBA MOSOTHO LESOTHO KE HO LEKEHA

  10. Ma DC a hloka 1000kg ea tsoekere tsa mefuta ho kokobetsa bo-bitter ba bona. khelek! Puso ea nkemele e betere ho feta ea boleqetsi.

  11. ke nahana hore tharollo ke hore maparamente abe lipehelo tse itseng tsa thuto e.g ebe motho ea fihletseng boemo bo itseng b thuto,haele ho busoa ke ma form c teng ke nonsense!

  12. @ALL ACHE KE TLA LE HOPOTSA AFTER SIX MONTH

  13. Ea ngoana le mmae ka senateng eona ha se eona. His Majesty shows that he never saw anything wrong with Mccds nepotism

  14. Eeeh Morena Tonki, Peete will remain one of the 22 principal chiefs while ‘mae ‘Mantoetse has been appointed as one of the 11 senators handpicked by the King. In other words both ‘Mantoetse and Peete will be the Senators.

  15. Ache tman ke lumellana le uena.hase hantle hore hotlo bokelloa masecondary ka paramenteng.kannete rea lekoa.nahana bo maseribane kannete.ke nkahlama fela esenang thuso.aniwe,hae fofe toala e sie gay e metsing le maseribane ba akhile marama!

  16. Never declare those senaters as ministers b4 the king do it coz u r not going 2 provide them with security after doing tt.

  17. Shado ekare o bitter.kapa o emong oa ma secndary?

  18. I have seen E TV news @ 7.00 p.m. last evening that South Africa is the unhappiesr country in the World.

    In the previous government, I have seen the so called “Dr.” ba le so arrogant and bitter le ho feta Maform C, ‘me le performance ea bona e se outstanding hence why we had problems such as those in Nul and other institutions of higher learning.

    Morena Moshoeshoe I o ne a sena le ha e se e le a Standard Two certificate but has been one of the greatest Leaders in Africa of all times. Let us give them time and support, we might be surprised. Hoa bohlokoa ke hore ba tsebe hore morena ke morena ka sechaba. If they listen to the people and do as expected of them, they will not go astray…

  19. NNA KE BONA EKA MMUSO OONA HAU TLO QETA SELEMO HLE BANNA! HABA SEELE BO BILLY.

  20. Teng ka nete they have to be @ COSC AND ABOVE.ka ‘nete

  21. NTHOENA KE BOKAMOSO BAKA HLE BANNA”DC EAKA BOKAMOSO BAKA”

  22. LIBE MOREMOHOLO MUST BE WONDERING WHAT HE MUST HAVE DONE TO DESERVE WHATS HAPPENING TO HIM WITH THIS NEW GOVERNMENT…I KNOW THIS DUDE PERSONALLY AND HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST LOYAL PEOPLE TO ABC…

  23. Empa ‘m’e ‘Malepono ebile letona ka nako e telele pusong ea batho bana ba leqetsang a se na thuto ho hang.

  24. MAKHOAKHOENG, MALEPONO U NE A SE A CHELE HA TSOANE LE BANA BANA!

  25. Hao banna, Ntate Tom eil’aba ha’sa eletsa motlotlehi hore a thonyetse Achie Lehohla ka senateng? Motho eno ke ena ea entseng hore ebe kajeno rena le Tona-kholo ena e ncha, ka ho mofa boeletsi ba ‘nete ka 2010: Lehohla said Thabane should work hard for his party to win votes in the next elections. “What Thabane needs to do is to work hard to add more constituencies to the 17 that he won in the 2007 elections,” Lehohla said. “He said he is going to lobby the public to wage war against government. If he can convince people to do that, then he must also be able to convince them to cast their ballots in his favour,” 23 Jun 2010. And Tom went ahead and did just that. Give credit where it is due people!

    http://www.lestimes.com/?p=3928

  26. @ ysabel kid

    Leha e le li Mps akere batho ba bona ba ka etsoa li PS kapa ba ts’oasa li embassing? Kapa joang?

  27. @ ysabel kid

    Leha e le li Mps akere batho ba bona ba ka etsoa li PS kapa ba ts’oasa li embassing? Kapa joang?

    Khomo ena ha e khekhethoe le ba sa hlabang ba fumane Maleo. Where in the world moo a ka lebellang li fouto tsa batho ba kotetsoeng mejo? Haho Katse e sa rateng nama banna.

    Mahaletere ena nko-nko nkhono oa Litali, khale a leqetsa le ba mopotileng on de high table.

  28. Hahona ntho eo leka buang ka eona matoala ntle lebo mahaletere ba leqetsang?re feng chelete tse lere tsepisitseng tsona hleng.retlo ba barui kaofela lesotho nd thanks to menepe.hela dj waters o kae leba mopotileng?

  29. Bathong ha re namoleloe ‘musong o khopo oa ma Toala! Senate se fetotsoe platform ea bononnori, batho ba ea la bana ba bona ke moferefere feela! che le musong o fetileng senate se ile sa sebelisoa ho re re busoe ke batho ba hlotsoeng ke likhetho! Marena, ha le tsireletse intergrity ea Senate bathong?

  30. @LETHULA MF HELA LETHULA NA UNTSO UTLOA MEHLOLO???????BLOCK BO SE BO BATLA LITULO KA MAHLO A MATSO EBE LEFFEFOOANE O IKUTLOA JOANG???THAT IS AFRICA!!!!!!!!KE TSEO TSA SENATE, JOALE HO SA TLA TSA LI EMBASSY TSA LI PS LE TSA LI DA HO TLA CHA MOKHUKHU HO SALE MASENEKE-HA LI PANOE BANNA BA HESO ETSOE RE POTLAKILE “”SERA SA MOTHO KE TLALA”‘.

  31. Ena ea ma formC eona ke manyampetla, sere ikopela ho Lesotho Times empe ere batlele li CV tsa those forming the new government! Taba ea lack of excellence li administration position hohle lefats’eng e bakoa keho appoint batho ba senang sound experience le qualification tse nepahetseng to suit the job! Haele Health Sector ea Lesotho eona e hlaka thapelo, ke bona mehau feela!!

  32. Rea u lebohela Dr. Molapo oa Lecturer ea neng a roaka Ntate Mosisili mehlaena u lecture ka eena. u ipolela ha u ne u le PERSONAL SECRETARY ea Morena Leabua.u bolela ha u ile ua koata ha Ma-Congress a nka puso ka 1993. Joale kea u eletsa u nrutile hore motho ha usa mmatle u mohloee hoba UNE U BOLELA U NE U MENGOE HA LENATIONAL LE BIRTHDAY UNA LE TOP EXECUTIVE EA LCD EABA U BA JOETSA KA MOO U HLOILENG “MACONGRESS” Ka teng. U hopola ha u qeta hora (1hr) u roakana. ITUKISE HEE AUSI. HAKE TSEBE HAU TSOFETSE TJENA.

  33. @turn-around, ha u bua ka Bloc u bua ka batho ba lahlehetsoeng ke ts’epo pusong ea ‘democracy.Basotho ba tla ithuta hore na maqitolo ke batho ba joang.Ke bona eka BCP e hlokometse hore bo-metsing,phooko le ba bang ba rekiselitse manazi khetho ea macongress joale ha rea lokela ho makala ha e(BCP) ka sebetsa le DC.

  34. All of the people opposing the current government, ke le utloela bohloko, i’m with ‘Nete Fela on this one, motho a ka etsa le tsona li PhD ebe entse ele nonsense ea motho, I know one ea thotseng honoury doctrate ea leadership, ka nako eo naha ea e busang ebe ele mathateng ana ao. Let me tell you, motho a rekisang linamuni can have future vision than motho a entseng phD, its not the school attendance or the certificate that make one succeed, its the passion they have for what their doing. He BASOTHO le hlooho li thata, seee! lea itlontlolla. Ke bona ele lona ba actang eka le ma forc C, hona hee ke behaviour ba ma teenager.

  35. le itse nepotism e etsoa ke mccd,mo moo ia Tom eena a thonyelitseng ntata nyatsi ea hae Liabiloe senateng,(RAMOHOLI)lee bitsang hee matoala?hake bone phetoho le corruption eo le tlo e felisa.hoo ke ho bonang ke hore fela le ne le ipatlela hore e kebe lona,che o sa le file mccd re ke re le bone,fela ke se ntse ke utloa e NNYONTSETSA,hobane ke bona puso e sentse e tlo tsamaisoa ka bofebe feela le ne le chuoeletsa pooho ea Tsoelike hakana.che ka nyonya hle!! nete ke thebe!!!!!!!!!!!!

  36. who r this ppl n wht r they capable of?to be honest,i dnt care.

  37. I can bear witness to the fact v****a does work for some people.Die man van Mokhotlong plek,nou a senator!

  38. To the fact that

  39. Ke le Mosotho ea tlohileng naheng ea heso ea Lesotho ka lebaka la tlala, thlokeho ea menyetla ea ho iphelisa, thuto e fats’e e hlolehang ho fetola bufutsana, lits’ebeletso tse putlameng tsa ‘muso le tsamaiso e fokolang ka kakaretso ke thabetse liphetoho tse teng. Ke tla mpe ke phoqehe haeba phetoho ena haena molemo ho sechaba sa Basotho.

  40. @Ben ,joale dc e kena kae tabeng tse ,Basotho stop the politics of hatred ,dc is an opposion party and we are looking forward to 2017 joale ben re bitter ha re entse joang kapo o re tsekisa seo re leng sona,tsoa o iketsetse morena.

    We wish the current government all the best.And we are at peace.

  41. @Ben taba tsa hao ke li otla ka stempe. o mpa o lebetse ho hlakisa hore tsoekere empe e be e tsoeu,hoba joale eona e tla hle e tlose bobabi kapele ho feta e brown.

  42. Lesotho haho moo le eang ha feela Basotho ba bang basa fetole menahano ea bona.Hona joale ha motho o nahana ho bala karolo ena ea maikutlo(Comments)ka khopolo ea hore otla fumana ntho tsee molemo,o fumana ntho tseo ekang li ngoloa ke batho ba senang boinahano ba tsoileng tseleng.
    Rona ba bang re oela karolong ena ea batho bao ho thoeng ha rea ruteha, joale ha re tlameha hore re ithute ho barutehi, o bona joale ba ipaboloa ka litaba tsa bonyatsi le bothoto ba batho ba bang, e leng litaba tsee senang molemo.
    Ke bona eka barutehi ke bona lithoto, hobane haeba motho o tla senya nako ea hae ka ho nyefola le ho ngola mahlapa aa tjena ntle le ho aha kapa ho eletsa,e leng eona ntho eo rona lithoto re e antseng ho bo ‘Ma’rona ba neng ba ntse ba sa ruteha, Joale ebe batho a antseng matsoele aa rutehileng o utloa ba rohaka batho ba baholo ka mokhoa oo tjena, chee kea lets’aba letsoele lee rutehileng. Le teng haeba ho le joalo hobane ba bang oka tloha oa fumana hore bo ‘Ma’ le bo Ntata ke lithoto tsee mphetang.
    Ntate Mosisili le Ntate Tom le ba bang ke batsoali ba na le malapa, empa motho e mong feela ea seleng,ea rutehileng o ngola feela litaba tsee mpe tsa bonyatsi ba bona ho utloisa malapa a bona bohloko,’me haeba ke sona sepheo seo, Ntate Molimo hase Moshanyana o tla le hopola ka le leng.Mohlomong taba ena ea bo Kreste ha eka ke’nqoa molaong oa motheo e tla bebofatsa boits’oaro bona babo Satane boo renang lipelong tsa Basotho.

  43. @Lekaota bonyatsi hase sebe ha motho a nyatsiela oa nyatiela kebona u ikutloisa bohloko ba bethe e senang leterase mahala!

  44. @tman
    E hlile ke bohloko ba bethe e senang leterase. ka monate oa bethe ee nang le materase, ke kopa uena o ke o ipolele lebitso la hao la ‘nete o qetelle ka ho bolela linyatsi tsa hao. Haeba ha ona tsona ke kopa o phatlalatse tsa batsoali ba hao le mabitso aa bona hobane hakere hase sebe!

  45. ha ke na litaba, ke ts’oenngoa fela ke seo ai Tom a se etsang haa thonya ntata nyatsi ea hae,hone hose batho ba matla ka mokheng oa toala hoo a ne se a eme hlooho,hobane lipatlisiso tsa ka lire lebatooeng la no.79 ABC ene e na le bakhethi ba less than 300.joale keng e ileng ea moruta matla motho eo ntle le hore he has started nepotism himself le pele e qaloa ke matona a hae?re bona a ntse a hata ka le ts’oanang leoto,re sa shebile.feela he,remo lakaletsa katleho Molimo o mo thuse molemong oa Basotho.Nete ke thebe,Sechaba ke pooho!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. @ Lekaota on 25 June 2012
    Taba ea Sehlooho sa Lesotho Times ke “New Senators Appointed”. Ka ha internet e lahlile ebile e fihlelleha habonolo, re bona batho ba holisetsoeng hampe malapeng a bo bona ba khona ho itlhaphola ka mahlapa ho comments tse kang tsena. Nna, mohlomong le ba kang Lekaota re utloa bohloko ha re bona mahlapa a mofuta ona a hlaha moo re nahanang ho roalla tsebo e fokolang teng. Ha ho lebaka la hore ebe motho a tla roahakana hampe tjena eba morero oa hae ke ho ha fana ka comment holim’a sehloho se fanoeng ka holimo. Hangata ho feta ha nyane, o tla ithuta hore batho (haholo ba rutehileng), ke bona ba llang ka meputso e tlase mesebetsing ea bona. Ba lla ka beng ba bona ba sa rutehang. Ba lla ka ho fokola ha lits’ebeletso tseo mohiri a li fang basebetsi ele tsa Boiketlo ba Basebetsi (Workers’ Welfare). Ba lla ka methathi eo mohiri a e sebelisang ho hira. Le tse ling. Empa o fumane hore motho hona moo antseng a lla tjena ke eena ea sebelisang thepa le nako ea mohiri hampe. Mohlala: Ofisiri e maemong a holimo a nke nako ea hora tse tharo a le ho internet morero oa hae le ho sheba hore na o tla roahakana ho efe forum. Lekaota ke ema le uena 101%. “‘Nete ke thebe, Sechaba ke Poho.”

  47. @Selomo
    Lehohla o ne a ntse a tlamehile ho bua joalo hobane ehlile e ne ele noha ea mabitla ‘mamothepane kahara puso eno, ke ka hona a neng a bakisa mafutsana ka hore ebe o hana ka lipassport, ho teng a emellane le ho fa melata ea licriminal lipassport tsa Lesotho tseo ba neng ba ts’ela ba ea Europe, Asia le America ho ea etsa bokoeta teng. Lesotho le qetelletse le punishoa ke UK hore re nke li-visa ka baka la Lehohla eo oa hau. Lipasa tsa Lesotho ha li lumelloe linaheng tse ling tsa Europe ka baka la leqhekoana leno le neng le fa lipasa tsa rona ma-pakistan le ma-Nigeria le machaena fela tjena kamoo a ratang kaha o ne a le corrupt habohloko.

    Ntate Tom o ne a keke a bitsa monna-moholo eeno hobane o tseba bolehe ba hae le botsotsi ba hae. O ne a sena boikarabello hohang ntate eeno le ka human trafficking ena eo a neng a e etsa a tlisa makoerekoere le machaena ntle le molao Lesotho mona hore ba tlo fumana lipasa tsa rona tseo a hanang hore fa tsona, moo basotho ba neng ba nka lilemo ba sa fumane lipasa. Ke ka baka la ntate-moholo eeno, o lutse hantle hae koana a tle a tsebe le ho lula a robetse lets’eare lohle, o na re tenne Lesotho mona. Joale haeba o na tsoa puso eo a neng a e sebeletsa tlase, ke hobaneng joale ABC e sa nka mabatooa kaofela tjee fela ntate-moholo eo a ba buelletse? Re ile ra thaba hampe ha batho ba Mafeteng ha habo ba sa mo khetha, ba mo laile, Molimo o na mo otla. O ile a khopamela Basotho too much, ke likhapha tsa Basotho bao a neng a ba soetsa ka lipassport tseo a neng a hana ho li nts’a ka mono. O tlilo ba moputsoa ho feta moo a leng moputsoa teng.

  48. @Manane
    Aku shebane le nepotism e ntseng e etsahala hona joale moo re bonang linyatsi li le ka paramenteng le senateng ebile ba qetella ele matona!!! Ehlile haeba nepotism e ntse e tsoelapele le hona joale, ha ho kamoo majesty a ka bonang hone ho ena le phoso ka nepotism ea pst govt. Nepotism e ngata hampe le ho setlamo-leqetsa mona. Re sa shebeletse ha lintho li etsahala!!!

  49. @Lesley-Thabelo, ao! manational a joalo haa fella likelellong, rona khale re phela le bona Lesotho mona rea ba tseba. Khale a phela nepotisming eane ea ha Molapo ea Morena Leabua pusong ea hae e khopo, joale o ne a ntse a nahana hore o tla ke a bone BNP e hlotse likhetho which is impossible. A lebohe fela haba kene ka fenstere joalo pusong hobane leka 2017 BNP e ntse e tliloa hloloa ke likhetho.

    Ke bona ba sentseng NUL ena manasi ana a mahanapuso. NUL e bolile tjena ka baka la bona ha ese e sena bokamoso tjena. Hee, manasi ke lichefo-chefo naheng ea Lesotho mona hle. Ke ka hona le likhethong ba khethoang fela ke malapa a bona, sechaba hase ba batle ka baka la mekhoa le bokhopo ba bona!!!

  50. @Ambassador
    You are very jealous and bitter. Who prevented you from doing your PhD? Jealousy. Ke mokhoa lona Basotho ka mohono ona oa lona. Ke bona ele uena ea hlooho e thata-thata ka ho fetisisa. U tla utloa le ntse le nyefola bana ba batho ba its’ebelelitseng ka thata ho ikenela likolo joalokaha eka ba le thibetse ho etsa joalo. Tlohang mona bo ‘mamona ting!!

  51. @Lai tsekhe motho a oa
    Joale hona tjee u se u na le thuto e holimohali na naheng eo u balehetseng ho eona? Kamoo le iphoqang Basochoana ting ba ipatlang fela le sa iphumane! U ntse u phaphathehisoa ke bofebe bono boo le leng bona ha lele South Africa mono. Hee, lea ipatla empa ha le iphumane Basotho ba lulang lipolasing, mekh’ukh’ung le slumseng RSA mono. Haeba uena u ne u tsoha u robala u sa ja ha u le Lesotho moo, seka nahana hore batho ba ts’oana le uena ha u le serota. U ne u lapisoa ke borota ba hau ha u le haeno mona. Tsamo oa liheleng koana!!!

  52. @ Ke pana Poho e bohla
    Kea utloa o utloile bohloko ka Ntate Lehohla feela ke bona eka ose o mo thakhisa haholo,Joalo ka batho bana bao o tla utloa ba thakhisa Ntate Mosisili ka ntho e ‘ngoe le ee ‘ngoe.
    Bobolu ba lipassport mohlang bo ka fuputsoang otla sala o maketse. Ke hona otla bona hore hona le Basotho baa ba kae baa ruileng ka hara naha eena ke litjotjo tsa melata.Ke li passport, ke li lakesense tsa ho khanna,ke li lakesense tsa lithunya, joalo joalo.
    Basotho bana bao o buang ka likhapha tsa bona ke bona baa bolileng.Otla Mpotsa,O tla Makala.

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