Disgruntled RFP MPs petition Matekane

Disgruntled Revolution for Prosperity MPs have petitioned Prime Minister Sam Matekane asking him to take decisive action to urgently address “rampant corruption and mismanagement” within government ministries.

The MPs wrote to the Prime Minister last month but one of them tells the Lesotho Times that their letter was ignored by Mr Matekane. He said they then started boycotting parliament to get the Prime Minister’s attention.

He could not disclose how many MPs had exactly signed the petition. Since Parliament re-opened on 3 November 2025 after the Independence Day break, there had been a marked reduction in attendance by RFP MPs prompting opprobrium of the legislators from the Deputy Speaker.

Mr Matekane was then forced to call an RFP caucus meeting to reprimand his MPs against boycotting parliament. However, in this caucus meeting held at Parliament building on Monday this week, disgruntled MPs reportedly took the opportunity to vent their frustrations over poor service delivery and what they described as underperformance of several ministries.

Meanwhile, the lower attendance of parliament by MPs had riled Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Tšepang Tita-Mosena. She this week warned that MPs who miss sittings without obtaining leave from the Speaker would face financial penalties.