/ 16 August 1999

LESOTHO SPEAKER FOUND DEAD

THE Speaker of Lesotho’s National Assembly, John Tyqoho Kolane, was found dead in an Accra hotel room at the weekend, a parliamentary official said on Monday. The cause of Kolane’s death is not yet known, said Ghana’s parliamentary clerk, Rex Owusu Ansah. Kolane, whose body was found on Sunday, was in the country to attend the week-long Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region conference, which ended Saturday. The Lesotho government has been informed of Kolane’s death and arrangements are being made to fly the body home, Ansah said.