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Members of the Lesotho Parliament would require a 100% salary increase, although they are already among the highest paid in the landlocked African country.
According to the private Lesotho Times newspaper, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane instructed Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro to explore a "revised salary structure" for parliamentarians.
If legislators' claims are met, their monthly salary will double to $ 5,344, while ordinary Basotho workers earn $ 144 a month, the report said.
At least 75 percent of the country's population lives in rural areas and is directly dependent on agriculture and livestock, according to a report by AFP.
Nearly half of household income comes from remittances from migrants employed in South Africa, particularly in the mining sector.
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