Lesotho MPs delay review of Boloetse abduction inquiry
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sunday Express
MP Mahali Phamotse has criticised delays by Lesotho’s National Assembly in considering her motion calling for an independent commission of inquiry into the alleged abduction and mistreatment of journalist Kananelo Boloetse. Filed on 24 September 2026, the motion will be placed on the agenda by the business committee after the Assembly speaker deemed it not urgent, the Sunday Express reports.
Lesotho MP Mahali Phamotse has criticised delays by the National Assembly in considering her urgent motion calling for an independent investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of journalist Kananelo Boloetse. She raised the issue on Friday, according to the Sunday Express.
Phamotse and lawyer Lekhetho Rakuoane filed the motion on 24 September 2026. Boloetse is editor-in-chief of Newsday. Parliament had already called for a report on his abduction (Parliament calls for report on journalist Kananelo Boloetse’s abduction).
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