Africa-Press – Namibia. LANDLESS People’s Movement chief whip Henny Seibeb has called on president Hage Geingob to fire both the former and current ministers of mines and energy.
In a confidential investigation report submitted to president Geingob in February 2018, the director general of the National Planning Commission (NPC), former minister Obeth Kandjoze, is accused of having misled the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the appointment of a company to evaluate Namdia diamonds.
The deal is believed to have enriched three politically connected individuals with around N$130 million.
Last week, The Namibian reported that Kandjoze denied these allegations.
The current minister of mines and energy, Tom Alweendo, is alleged to be implicated in a N$50 million bribe by a lithium mine operated by the Chinese-owned Xinfeng Investments.
At a media briefing last week, Alweendo denied the allegations linking him and mining commissioner Erasmus Shivolo, and his former technical assistant Rafael Muamba, to the alleged corrupt deal.
Alweedo said an investigation has been instituted into the matter.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Seibeb blamed Alweendo for acknowledging the allegations without involving the ACC.
“We can deduce that the minister admitted that he possessed prior information, or knowledge about these allegations but took no care in contacting the ACC. That is contrary to Article 41 and Article 60, and the oath that he took when he was sworn in as a member of parliament,” he said.
Seibeb said the president should know the two ministers are a liability in his administration, to his legacy and the overall development of the country.
“We, therefore, call upon president Geingob to fire with immediate effect, the overrated good for nothing ministers, Alweendo and Kandjoze, to allow for a completely independent investigation and possible prosecution”, he said.
Seibeb also called on the standing committee of public accounts of the National Assembly to summon Alweendo and Kandjoze to explain certain core issues around allegations and their involvement.
He said Namibia currently is a capitalist kleptocracy, with the dominance of informal business influence groups, decorative democracy, and illiberal ideology.
“Executive of the state is the dominant force in society, hence a parasitic symbiotic relationship with the Chinese business community,” he said.
Kandjoze, who now serves as the director general of the NPC, served as the mines and energy minister from March 2015 to February 2018.
Presidential press secretary Alfredo Hengari yesterday told The Namibian that Geingob champions effective governance and the fight against corruption through “process, systems and institutions”.
Alwendo and Kandjoze did not answer calls and text messages sent to them yesterday.
In a confidential investigation report submitted to president Geingob in February 2018, the director general of the National Planning Commission (NPC), former minister Obeth Kandjoze, is accused of having misled the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the appointment of a company to evaluate Namdia diamonds.
The deal is believed to have enriched three politically connected individuals with around N$130 million.
Last week, The Namibian reported that Kandjoze denied these allegations.
The current minister of mines and energy, Tom Alweendo, is alleged to be implicated in a N$50 million bribe by a lithium mine operated by the Chinese-owned Xinfeng Investments.
At a media briefing last week, Alweendo denied the allegations linking him and mining commissioner Erasmus Shivolo, and his former technical assistant Rafael Muamba, to the alleged corrupt deal.
Alweedo said an investigation has been instituted into the matter.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Seibeb blamed Alweendo for acknowledging the allegations without involving the ACC.
“We can deduce that the minister admitted that he possessed prior information, or knowledge about these allegations but took no care in contacting the ACC. That is contrary to Article 41 and Article 60, and the oath that he took when he was sworn in as a member of parliament,” he said.
Seibeb said the president should know the two ministers are a liability in his administration, to his legacy and the overall development of the country.
“We, therefore, call upon president Geingob to fire with immediate effect, the overrated good for nothing ministers, Alweendo and Kandjoze, to allow for a completely independent investigation and possible prosecution”, he said.
Seibeb also called on the standing committee of public accounts of the National Assembly to summon Alweendo and Kandjoze to explain certain core issues around allegations and their involvement.
He said Namibia currently is a capitalist kleptocracy, with the dominance of informal business influence groups, decorative democracy, and illiberal ideology.
“Executive of the state is the dominant force in society, hence a parasitic symbiotic relationship with the Chinese business community,” he said.
Kandjoze, who now serves as the director general of the NPC, served as the mines and energy minister from March 2015 to February 2018.
Presidential press secretary Alfredo Hengari yesterday told The Namibian that Geingob champions effective governance and the fight against corruption through “process, systems and institutions”.
Alwendo and Kandjoze did not answer calls and text messages sent to them yesterday.
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