By Bongiwe Dlamini

KUKHANYENI:Residents here at Kukhanyeni organized themselves on Monday morning and resolved to fix the road damaged by the recent floods.

Member of Parliament(MP) Malavi Sihlongonyane and the Ministry of Public Workers and Transport were no where to be found despite wide reporting by the media regarding the plight of the residents.

The situation affected residents including the MP whose car was allegedly stuck in the muddy road on Wednesday.

Speaking to this Swaziland News earlier, Muzi Dlamini, a resident of Kukhanyeni confirmed that the MP was part of the people that were stuck in the muddy road last Wednesday.

“Some residents were forced to walk for over 10 kilometres after being dumped by a bus due to the bad state of the road.The residents were also lucky to witness the MPs car stuck in the muddy road and eventually turning back,”he said. 

Reached for comments,Alpheous Nxumalo, the Government Spokesperson said there were plans to rehabilitate the damaged roads as soon as the rains were over.

“The affected communities shall be engaged to provide assistance. However, it is still important to inform members of the public that since the rains continue unabated, some roads may remain in the same bad shape that they are in for sometime”,said the Government Spokesperson.