{Following the visit of the Deputy Premier and Minister of Local Government of Lesotho the Right Honourable Metsing Mathejoa and his delegation to Rwanda, Minister Musoni James is on a four day reciprocal visit in Lesotho leading a delegation comprised of Vincent Karega, Rwanda High Commissioner to South Africa and Dr Shyaka Anastase, CEO of Rwanda Governance Board.
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The visit aims at implementing the Memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the Government of Rwanda and the Kingdom of Lesotho in the area of Decentralization.
Lesotho has embarked on a series of governance reforms including Decentralisation. Having a lot in common with Rwanda such as being landlocked countries, small size and less endowed with natural resources, the two friend nations strongly believe in south cooperation in search for innovative solutions to boost their development.
In that regard Lesotho finds Rwanda 13years of successful decentralisation processes and achievements to be quite inspiring and more relevant to their development vision.
The Rwanda delegation has made a presentation and exchanges on Rwanda experience in decentralisation to the Lesotho cabinet of ministers.
Similar exchanges are planned with both the lower chamber of Parliament and the senate in the following days coupled with site visits to development projects.
Rwanda journey in Decentralisation and home grown solutions are highly appreciated by Lesotho as a model to borrow a leaf from.
The Rwandan delegation also finds the case of Lesotho quite inspiring in terms of nation building and sustaining with deep belief in their own culture and values. The two countries wish to build long lasting and productive cooperation through governments and people to people partnerships.
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