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Lesotho MP to repay R6-million in tender fraud case

Anti-corruption agency says Jane Lekunya and his wife were involved in a corrupt scheme that cost the government R109-million

Lesotho’s Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences says Jane Lekunya and his wife, Makhoase, were involved in a corrupt scheme in the agriculture ministry that cost the government M109-million. Jane Lekunya has undertaken to pay back M6-million and cooperate with prosecutors. Photo: Lekunya’s Facebook profile picture (fair use).

Lesotho’s anti-corruption agency, the DCEO, has announced that opposition MP Jane Lekunya has agreed to return M6-million which he benefited from agricultural tenders in an alleged M109-million fraud.
The DCEO said he had agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of his alleged accomplices.
Investigators say agriculture ministry officials bypassed competitive bidding and inflated tender prices for fertilisers, seeds and pesticides.
The DCEO is pursuing asset recovery alongside criminal proceedings, and says it…

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