Mbabane: Outspoken Motshane Constituency’s Member of Parliament, Robert Magongo, has been described by the electorate as someone who does not keep his promises.
The bold law maker has been labelled as not a man of his words because they claim he had not paid school fees for even a single pupil under the constituency despite making promises to that effect when he was still canvassing for votes for the Parliament seat in 2018, during the national elections.
Members of the constituency revealed that the Member of Parliament has done nothing to fulfil his promise, neither has he come up to give reassurance.
*Duma Dlamini, said there have been platforms where the MP could have spoken about his promises during the election campaign, citing the thanksgiving ceremony held at the Motshane Inkhundla on January 26, 2019, where the electorate under his constituency were present. “He only spoke about other issues which did not touch on the promises he made, including paying for children under the constituency when he was seeking to return to Parliament,” said Dlamini.
Over 1 000 members of his constituency and close to 30 other MPs from other constituencies were present during the ceremony. Chiefdoms under the Motshane Constituency are Kupheleni, Mpolonjeni and Nduma.
Gatherings
The residents told Independent News that Magongo made the pledge to support the needy children during his election campaign, going to places such as church gatherings and chiefdom meetings.
However, Magongo pointed out that despite inviting pupils from each of the three chiefdoms under the constituency, to assist them with school fees, none has come to him.
The MP confirmed that he pledged to support the children after his election, but they had to bring to him documentary proof of being learners.
Magongo said he has been waiting for these children or their guardians to approach him and he would immediately rise to fulfil his promise. He said the electorate under the three chiefdoms should understand that now that he is an elected member of parliament, he is always busy, attending to parliament business and other government schedules.
Food distribution
On another note, Magongo said government was setting the MPs up against communities regarding food parcels distributed by the NDMA as government delayed the process because of her unwillingness to involve the MPs.
Community
“Government should have known better that it is the MPs who are known in the constituencies, not the people appointed to handle the distributions. He said: “With our involvement the process would have long wound up,” he said. He stated that he would not be surprised to learn that community members under the various constituencies have lost hope in them, and see them as only paying lip service.
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