| SELECTION | VOTES | ||
| Just fine |  32% |
7 | |
| Not so fine |  50% |
11 | |
| Worsening |  9% |
2 | |
| Just plain bad |  9% |
2 | |
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First of all, let me remind you to vote in our present poll about official languages in Lesotho.
The poll that is mentioned here is not scientific, and 22 votes is hardly enough to base an opinion on. But 22 people did vote, and this poll shows what they think, unrepresentative as it may be. Our national morale has just taken a hard knock, following the Mercedes Benz/Toyota Camry scandal that Idland and others exposed to the world.
If you have more than a fleeting interest (pun intended) in Lesotho politics, read a post in our discussion group. It seems that a good part of Basotho feel that the recent scandal is a shame and a scam. Without the benefit of having listened to the government’s "explanation," I feel the same. It’s a shame because Lesotho was doing so well that people were referring to our government as the example, and as a trigger to the demise of corruption on the continent. It’s a scam because those who benefitted from the cruelly cheap, cheap sale of national patrimony thought they could get away with it. And it’s indecent because, one, not every civil servant could purchase the cars, and two, we’re at war with the AIDS virus.
Has the government of Lesotho taken a leave of absence? Are our leaders out of their minds? Instead of acquiring a Toyota Camry, how about doing something for joblessness, for AIDS patients? What if the fleet of cars was sold at normal prices and the funds collected were used to build a hospital in a mountain village? What if… In a poor country, the possibilities are endless.
It is all the more weird when one goes back into recent Lesotho history. Ruthless dictator (Leabua Jonathan). Military coup d’état. Elections. Present government’s victory. Hope for Basotho, especially for the present writer. Illegitimate opposition uprising following elections. Quelling of uprising by SADC. And the next step is… government corruption?
only if all Basotho people can go back and stop putting their hopes on other people BUT on GOD will our country be blessed and be protected by the Most High. Basotho tlohelang ho ithetse, le tsebile e sale ha qaleng hore MOTHO KE LEPETJE, ha hona le ka letsatsi le leng le ba liloeng motho a kileng a ts`epaha, motho o tibile e ka boliba ba leoatle, a ka o ts`episa lintho li hana ho feela e be ha liphethise. Motho re ka se mokhone, isita i ithlolo ka bo rona. Lesotho le Basotho, nako ea ho ithetsa e felile, we all need to be reunited with our creator, and let Him ALONE guide us. Our leaders tried and failed,Lesotho come be to your creator, li fitile li nako tseo re liphetseng re etse se ratoang ke rona e seng Molimo.
Comment by Fothi — 13 February 2007 @ 10:53 am