Swazuri: Forever in summer amid murmurs over lifestyle

NLC Chairman Mohamed Swazuri?

On Tuesday, December 20, 2016, a sp­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ecial sitting was called in Parliament. Legislators had nine urgent matters to be discussed. One of them was the conclusion of a report prepared and tabled by the House Departmental Committee on Lands. The issue was the compensation by the National Lands Commission (NLC) to a private developer for a piece of land whose ownership history was unclear.

With this case, the stage had been set for one on the most controversial reigns of a chairman of a constitutional commission. As the matter was debated and Parliament made its recommendations, a central figure - Muhammad Swazuri - appeared at the centre and hogged the limelight. Two years later, he remains firmly under the spotlight, enjoying every bit of it.