Africa-Press – Namibia. Two senior executives at the Roads Authority (RA) who were dismissed this week over an alleged N$16 million tender irregularity have filed appeals and rejected claims that they were involved in fraud.
Johan Boois, Executive Officer for Transportation, and Richard Milinga, Divisional Manager for the Transport Inspectorate, were fired following an internal disciplinary process concluded on Tuesday.
The RA accused them of wrongdoing in relation to the procurement of law enforcement vehicles valued at N$16 million.
However, in a right of reply issued through his lawyer, Uno Katjipuka and in a formal notice of appeal dated 24 February 2026, Boois disputes the allegations and describes the process as flawed and factually incorrect.
In the right of reply, Katjipuka states that the transport inspectorate division submitted a request to the RA Procurement Committee to acquire law enforcement vehicles. While the overall project was estimated at N$16 million, he says the submission clearly indicated that only N$6 million was available at the time. “The submission made it very clear that at the time the division only had N$6 million available, as per the financial certificate that accompanied the request,” the letter reads.
According to the document, the division highlighted which vehicles and additions would be covered by the N$6 million. Any further acquisitions were said to be subject to the availability of savings.
“At no point did the division represent that it had N$16 million available,” the right of reply states.
It further claims that the N$6 million came from savings already realised and that the process of identifying additional savings was done with approval from the finance department and the Road Fund Administration (RFA).
The letter also states that the vehicles were ultimately leased through Avis under an existing 2000 contract, at a cost of about N$5 million over four years.
“The RA did not suffer a single cent in losses,” the response claims, adding that witnesses during the initial disciplinary hearing confirmed that the procurement process was followed under guidance from the finance department, procurement management unit and the Procurement Committee.
It is further alleged that while no financial loss occurred, the RA has spent millions of dollars on external lawyers to conduct what he describes as a disciplinary process “marred by fundamental irregularities”. He and Milinga have now appealed both the findings of guilt and the sanctions imposed on them. In the notice of appeal, the two executives formally challenge the outcome of the disciplinary hearing and the fairness of the proceedings. They argue that the chairperson of the initial hearing committed serious procedural irregularities that affected the outcome.
The RA has not yet publicly responded to the contents of the right of reply or the grounds of appeal. The appeal process is expected to review both the evidence presented at the disciplinary hearing and the procedures followed before the final decision was taken.
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