MBABANE: Timothy Myeni, the Nkilongo Member of Parliament(MP) has questioned why Finance Minister Neal Rijikernberg did not allocate money to compensate the relatives of the victims and survivors of the June 2021 massacre.
Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the pro-democracy MP said he would not waste time questioning the Minister about the failure by Government to maintain roads and provide drugs in hospitals as those issues had been a subject of debate for years. He said Government has failed to address those social issues and repeating them over and over again would be a waste of time.
“Where is the budget for the people who were injured during the unrest? As we speak, we have people who are without legs and the Minister said he was saddened by the unrest. If it’s true that he was at pain for the loss of lives, where is the money to compensate the survivors and relatives of those who died?” said the Nkilongo MP.
MPs were still debating the budget the speech at the time of compiling this report.
MP Timothy Myeni.