Times Of Swaziland: GOVT SHOULD BUILD COMPLEX  FOR FORMER PMS – SENATORS

GOVT SHOULD BUILD COMPLEX  FOR FORMER PMS – SENATORS
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BY NTOMBI MHLONGO on 28/03/2017 03:32:00


MBABANE – It is sad to board a bus with a man who once held the position of
prime minister (PM) and perhaps government needs to consider building a complex
for such individuals, similar to the one for judges.
This is an assertion that was made during a Senate sitting, which took place
yesterday where senators passed the budget for the financial year 2017/2018 with
amendments.
According to senators, while they supported the suspension of the E5.5 million
allocation to build a house for the current PM Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, there
was a need to review the circular which provides for the welfare of the
country’s current and previous premiers.
The senators said the review was going to make everything clear on the benefits
of a prime minister and further assist those who held the same post before.
The motion to suspend the allocation for the construction of the current PM’s
house was moved by MPs during the debate of the budget for the coming financial
year.
Senator Princess Phumelele said the issue of caring for the welfare of the
current and previous premiers was long overdue.
“Before the new one is appointed, there is a need to ensure that the previous
one is well taken care of. Right now the circular is not clear on what happens
to the previous ones. It would make sense to build them a complex just like the
judges so that all of them could be housed in a proper surrounding so that they
could be closer whenever they were needed,” she said.
The senator said it was not fair that government seemed to have money to spend
E5.5 million for the current PM when it was not clear how the previous ones were
living.