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born 1955 Lesotho
Tlohang Sekhamane(born , 30 May 1955 in Mokhotlong Distric) is a politician from Lesotho who is serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations.
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We’re therefore here to pledge a partnership with the media to ensure that such things don’t happen.
I very strongly believe that you should only give an important job to people who can do it.
As a country, we have become very notorious for being careless people.
You process information, breaking it down in such manner that consumers understand issues. In the pursuit of improving lives, you expose issues that they would not otherwise know.
Lately, I have seen an attempt in some quarters to sift through and try to pick people who are equal to the job. I think that should be encouraged.
The way people are elected to parliament right now leaves a lot to be desired, vis-à-vis their ability to do what they have been elected to do. I think there’s a huge gap there.
To achieve that in a representative democracy, the role of MPs is to represent the people, legislate, allocate public funds and play an oversight role on the executive.
Media doesn’t only inform but also exposes issues that the public would otherwise not know. You educate, inform, in a friendly manner that accommodates the educated, the illiterate, and the semi-literate.
When the watchdog just watches as the economy deteriorates, the crime rate escalates and people are plunged further into poverty, it then means we are all drunk. When a country is in that state, nothing can ever come right.