MBABANE: Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini is allegedly in the processing of increasing his international trips minimum allowance from $5,000.00 (R80,000.00) to $7,000.00 (R112,000.00) at the time when the country is facing social and economic challenges with the Government struggling to deliver basic services to the people citing financial constraints.
But the PM is currently receiving a minimum of R80,000.00 per-trip and this means after taking the recent Cape Town and African Union (AU) trips this month he will, on top of his over one hundred and fifty thousand Rands (R150,000.00) monthly salary, receive the traveling allowances and the total will amount to over three hundred hundred thousand Rands (R300,000.00).
Acting Eswatini Government Spokesperson Thabile Mdluli had not responded at the time of compiling this report.
On another note, Eswatini has about 70% of the population living below the poverty line and as a result of Gazzetes approved by the Government, a majority of workers earns between one thousand five hundred Rands (R1,500.00) and two thousand five hundred Rands (R2,500.00) thus worsening the poverty situation.
Reached for comments by this Swaziland News, Wandile Dludlu, the Deputy President of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) said “the PM is pushing the same kudla mine nyalo” agenda previously adopted by other Tinkhundla loyalists.
“He has the typical Tinkhundla mantra of it’s my time to eat now, let me eat even more. But what can you expect from this royal syndicate agent,” said the PUDEMO Deputy President.
Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini (pic:Gov).