M22m blown on lunch

THE National Emergency Command Centre (NECC), established in March 2020 to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, blew M22 million on lunches. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week heard how the NECC which was based at the Manthabiseng Convention Centre was spending M122 000 per day on lunch. That expenditure was happening just as Lesotho was in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic and the government was scrounging for resources to respond to the crisis.