LONDON-IBuckingham Palace kufuneka ivule iingcango zayo kubakhenkethi rhoqo kunye nemali eqokelelweyo echithwe kugcinwa izakhiwo zasebukhosini eziwohlokayo, utshilo umphathi wepalamente ngoLwesibini.
Indawo yokuhlala ka-Queen Elizabeth eLondon ivulelekile ukuba ihlawule iindwendwe malunga neentsuku ezingama-60 ehlotyeni, kodwa ithi oku kungaphazamisa imisebenzi yaseburhulumenteni.
Kodwa umlindi uyaphikisana: ukuba izindlu zePalamente eLondon kunye neWhite House eWashington zihlala zivulekile ixesha elide, kutheni le nto ibhotwe lingenakukwazi?
I-Royal Household yakhe i-32 yezigidi zeedola (i-52 yezigidi zeedola) kulondolozo lwasemva kwendawo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Occupied Royal Palaces Estate, equka iWindsor Castle eNtshona yeLondon, indawo yokuhlala iPrince Charles eClarence House kunye neBhotwe laseHolyrood e-Edinburgh.
Kodwa ifumana imali engaphantsi kwesiqingatha semali ngonyaka kwinkxaso-mali karhulumente evela kwiSebe leNkcubeko, iMedia kunye neMidlalo, i-House of Commons Accounts Committee yatsho.
Uluhlu lokulungiswa lubandakanya indawo yokungcwaba u-Queen Victoria kunye nomyeni wakhe u-Prince Albert e-Frogmore House, kufutshane ne-Windsor Castle, apho kufuneka khona i-3 yezigidi zeepawundi zomsebenzi.
I-mausoleum yabo, egqitywe ngo-1871, ibilinde ukubuyiselwa iminyaka eli-14 kwaye ikwisakhiwo seLifa leMveli lesiNgesi kwirejista yomngcipheko, kodwa ukunqongophala kwemali kuthetha ukuba akukho zicwangciso zokulungisa eziqala.
Ukwamkelwa kwamkelwe kwi-7.2 yezigidi zeepawundi kunyaka-mali ophelileyo, kubonisa ukuba nakho ukufumana ingeniso eyongezelelweyo.
Ikomiti icele ukwamkelwa okongezelelekileyo kwaye yalahla inkxalabo yokuba iintsuku zokuvula zathintelwa lixesha elisetyenziswa kwibhotwe kwiminyhadala yaseburhulumenteni neyasebukhosini, ukumkanikazi ehlala iintsuku ezili-111 kwi-2008.
"Ezinye izakhiwo ezinjengeNdlu yeWhite House kunye neZindlu zePalamente ziyakwazi ukuvula uninzi lonyaka, ngaphandle kwezibophelelo ezifanayo kunye nezokhuseleko," yatsho ikomiti.
Ifune ukuba imali eqokelelweyo isetyenziswe ngqo kulondolozo.
Okwangoku, liqhekeza kuphela lemali yokwamkelwa- efikelela kwizigidi ezingama-27 zonyaka ophelileyo kuwo onke amabhotwe ahleliyo - ekwabelwana ngawo neRoyal Household.
Ngaphantsi kwesivumelwano esivela kwi-1850, ingeniso evela kubakhenkethi basebukhosini endaweni yoko iya kwiRoyal Collection Trust, isisa esilawulwa yiNkosana uCharles ejonga ubugcisa obugcinwe ngukumkanikazi.
“Olu lungelelwaniso olungalinganiyo kufuneka luhlelwe liSebe (leNkcubeko), utshilo usihlalo wekomiti uEdward Leigh.
"Ungacinga ukuba ingeniso evela kwimirhumo yokungena ingasetyenziselwa ukongeza izixhobo ezikhoyo zokugcina ezi zakhiwo," wongeze watsho.
