Maseru, Mar. 17 — The National Assembly has on Friday resolved to cut back worldwide journeys for Ministries and Departments of their budgets by not less than 50 p.c.
This after Matala Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Ts’eliso Moroke moved the movement that within the annual funds and estimates of income and expenditure for 2025/26 report below 5.1 suggestions, after the total cease, the discount of International journeys must be directed into youth employment packages, together with however not restricted to job creation, internships, vocational coaching mentorship packages and entrepreneurship help.
Dr. Moroke indicated that it got here to the portfolio committees realization that the charge of worldwide journeys in some Ministries is just too excessive, saying it’s excessive time civil servants compromise as some journeys usually are not useful.
” It was revealed through the conferences that some journeys had been taken simply to review how cities are cleaned” he added. . . .