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PRESS RELEASE PRIVATISATION UNIT 2nd Floor Lesotho Bank 1999 Mortage Division Bldg Private Bag A249 Maseru.100 Contact: Makalo Ntšasa Tel:317902 Fax:317551 For immediate Release Tuesday, 19th March, 2002 PRESS RELEASE ON STUDY MISSION TO GHANA 1. A Lesotho Government delegation that returned to Lesotho over the last week-end has come back highly impressed by the Rural Electrification Programme in Ghana. The delegation visited Ghana under the auspices of the Lesotho Utilities Reform Project to observe the changes that had been brought about in the economic activities of rural communities after they had been provided electricity. The Lesotho Delegation was shown many examples of how the provision of electricity had led to the positive transformation of existing small businesses such as rural cafes, garages, tailors shops, tourism facilities, and small agricultural enterprises leading to the creation of many new jobs. The Ghana Rural Electrification Project is carried out under the slogan of “Energising Rural Development”. 2. The Lesotho Delegation noted that the rural communities that are being provided with electricity are expected to participate actively in the rural electrification programme by purchasing poles for rural electrification, digging holes for the poles as well as wiring their houses and business premises to receive electricity in advance of the electrical connections. Apart from the stimulation of economic activities the provision of electricity in rural activities has also contributed significantly to improvements in educational and health facilities as schools and clinics are being connected to electricity supplies. A small levy is added to the monthly bills to provide for street lighting in the rural communities. 3. The Lesotho delegation which consisted of officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Privatisation Unit is engaged in the review of preparations for the privatization of the Lesotho Electricity Corporation, and the accelerated provision of rural electricity has been identified as one of the factors that will have to be taken into account when the Lesotho Electricity Corporation is privatised. LEETO LA BOITHUTO LA GHANA 1. Moifo oa Lesotho o sa tsoa etela naheng ea Ghana o khahliloe ke Morero oa Ghana oa Phepelo ea Motlakase Metseng e ka ntle ho litoropo. Sepheo sa leeto lena le neng le tŝeelitsoe ke Morero oa Lesotho oa Tlhopho-Bocha Malebana le Litŝebeletso tsa Phepelo ea Mehala le Motlakasete (Lesotho Utilities Sector Reform Project), e ne e le ho ithuta liphetoho moruong oa Ghana tse tlisitsoeng ke phepelo ea motlakase metseng. 2. E le mohlala oa liphetoho tse ntle tse latelang phepelo ea motlakase metseng, Moifo o ile oa potisoa libakeng tse kenyeletsang likhoebo tsa likhefi, li-garage esita le moo ho rokoang liphahlo moho le litsi tsa bohahlaoli esitana le morero ea temo e nosetsang. Liphetoho tse tlisoang ke phepelo ea motlakase, eo lepetjo la eona eleng “Ho Akofisa Tsoelo-pele Metseng ka motlakase”, li bile li thehile mesebetsi e mecha e mengata sechabeng sa Ma-Ghana. 3. Moifo o ile oa hlalosetsoa hore sechaba se metseng, hore se tle se hokeloe motlakase, se tlameha ho ithekela lipalo tsa motlakase, ho cheka mekoti ea lipalo, esita le ho hokela lisebelisuoa tsa motlakase ka matlung ele sesupo sa boitolobetso ba sona. Ho feta moo, phepelo ea motlakasee e tlisitse lintlafatso mabapi le ntŝetso-pele ea thuto le litŝebeletso tsa bophelo likolong le li-tliliniking. E le ho fepela sechaba ka motlakase oa seterateng, ho kenyeletsoa lekhetho le lenyenyane ho motho ka mong. 4. Moifo oa Lesotho, o neng o bopuoe ka liofisiri tsa Lekala la Lihloliloeng esita le Ofisi ea Phetisetso ea Likhoebo tsa ‘Muso Sechabeng, o ntse o le boitokisetsong ba thekiso ea Koporasi ea Motlakase ea Lesotho. ‘Me ho akofisa phepelo ea motlakase metseng ke ea tse ling tsa mantlha tse tla seka-sekoa thekisong ea Koporasi ea Motlakase ea Lesotho. |
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