Opposing faction refused candidate - indvuna
MBABANE - Indvuna of the area Samson Dlamini confirmed t he situation and said i t was reported to the royal kraal.
He said in a bid to correct the process, the royal kraal convened a meeting, where a candidate was rightfully chosen.
“However, when this was done, the other faction indicated that they did not recognise the royal kraal institution because two of us who formed the council were subjects of the area through kukhonta and not by birth,” the indvuna said.
He said the name of the royal kraal candidate was submitted to the Shiselweni Regional Administrator’s Offices for approval and later on taken to the stakeholders for registration.
SUPPORT
“Among the funders is the Taiwan Government, which offers financial support to the kitchen.”
Dlamini said after this, the situation turned even nastier as members of the opposition took advantage of the fact that they were in possession of the NCP keys and chucked out the women who are responsible for preparing meals.
“They locked them out and banned them from ever setting foot there. Some of these women were also benefitting from the water supply within the care point, so now they have no source of clean
water.” The indvuna said as if this was not enough, the official overseeing the Taiwanese- funded projects in relation with supporting the KaMbhoke NCP said there were already two letters appointing a new chairman.
“He was reluctant to reveal who had signed the other letter after we indicated that we wanted to take the matter up to the relevant structures.”
Dlamini said the officer made it clear that it would be difficult for him to notify the funders about the dispute because they might just suspend or pull out their support.
“He advised that we should just leave things as they are for the sake of the children. He even went on to say the funders were preparing to enrol 10 children from our community into a school fees benefit for the year 2022,
highlighting that this dispute could jeopardise the whole process and lead to the children loosing the benefit,” he said.
Dlamini, however, said he insisted that all the benefits would rather be suspended until the right processes were followed.
PENDING
He said even if the funders could pull out, the children would still manage to get food pending finalisation of the matter.
“When these funders arrived the kitchen was already up and running, so we can manage for a couple of months while we sort out our issues,” he said.
Dlamini said they were very appreciative of the financial support they were getting from different funders, but they would not compromise the legal processes just because they were desperate.