{"id":33952,"date":"2022-11-16T17:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:44:15","slug":"union-drags-city-council-to-acc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc","title":{"rendered":"Union drags city council to ACC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the City of Windhoek’s recruitment of a substantive head of the municipality.<\/p>\n

The union is convinced the process was corrupt.<\/p>\n

The council’s chairperson and mayor, Sade Gawanas, last month cleared the process, saying it was investigated as a result of a request from minister of urban and rural development Erastus Uutoni.<\/p>\n

Uutoni last week asked Gawanas to present the results of the investigation and address Nalawu’s claims of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process was marred with glaring irregularities and intentional corrupt conspiracies to favour a specific candidate,\u201d the union wrote in a letter to the ACC on Friday.<\/p>\n

The union alleges that the current acting chief executive officer, George Mayumbelo, was the culprit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have on documentations observed that George Mayumbelo played a pivotal role with his enablers, including councillors, that deliberately and unlawfully interfered in the recruitment process,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

Some councillors have in the past also accused Mayumbelo, among other people, of trying to influence the outcome of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayumbelo chaired the shortlisting committee and interviews for the position of chief executive officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a clear conflict and a problem of governance. He shortlisted and interviewed his good friend, Mr Conrad Lutombi,\u201d the union claims.<\/p>\n

It further claims Mayumbelo, who is also the executive responsible for human resources matters, lied when he made a declaration of interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made a false declaration of interest by failing to disclose his relationship with Mr Lutombi, and instead falsely and intentionally declared that he has no interest whatsoever among the interviewers [sic], e.g. family member, best friend, bribery, favouritism, or any other relationship with the candidates,\u201d the union claims.<\/p>\n

It also accused the current head of the council’s management committee, Ilse Keiser, councillor Job Amupanda and Gawanas, along with certain councillors of a \u201cwell-orchestrated conspiracy to commit corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis unlawful conduct following the irregularities and clandestine manner in which the decision of the previous management was [sic] reversed, the unlawful involvement of the councillors into the recruitment process amounts to corruption in our view,\u201d the union says.<\/p>\n

Gawanas says she has not seen the letter and \u201cwill wait for it\u201d.<\/p>\n

ACC spokesperson Josephine Nghituwamata yesterday confirmed that the commission received the union’s complaint.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe said complaint will be evaluated to see if it complies with the Anti-Corruption Act and if it meets the requirements necessitating the commission’s investigation. I am unable to say when this assessment will be finished though,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Uutoni last week told the City of Windhoek he cannot approve the appointment of Conrad Lutombi as the municipality’s head until the findings of an investigation on the recruitment process are available.<\/p>\n

The union is convinced the process was corrupt.<\/p>\n

The council’s chairperson and mayor, Sade Gawanas, last month cleared the process, saying it was investigated as a result of a request from minister of urban and rural development Erastus Uutoni.<\/p>\n

Uutoni last week asked Gawanas to present the results of the investigation and address Nalawu’s claims of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process was marred with glaring irregularities and intentional corrupt conspiracies to favour a specific candidate,\u201d the union wrote in a letter to the ACC on Friday.<\/p>\n

The union alleges that the current acting chief executive officer, George Mayumbelo, was the culprit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have on documentations observed that George Mayumbelo played a pivotal role with his enablers, including councillors, that deliberately and unlawfully interfered in the recruitment process,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

Some councillors have in the past also accused Mayumbelo, among other people, of trying to influence the outcome of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayumbelo chaired the shortlisting committee and interviews for the position of chief executive officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a clear conflict and a problem of governance. He shortlisted and interviewed his good friend, Mr Conrad Lutombi,\u201d the union claims.<\/p>\n

It further claims Mayumbelo, who is also the executive responsible for human resources matters, lied when he made a declaration of interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made a false declaration of interest by failing to disclose his relationship with Mr Lutombi, and instead falsely and intentionally declared that he has no interest whatsoever among the interviewers [sic], e.g. family member, best friend, bribery, favouritism, or any other relationship with the candidates,\u201d the union claims.<\/p>\n

It also accused the current head of the council’s management committee, Ilse Keiser, councillor Job Amupanda and Gawanas, along with certain councillors of a \u201cwell-orchestrated conspiracy to commit corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis unlawful conduct following the irregularities and clandestine manner in which the decision of the previous management was [sic] reversed, the unlawful involvement of the councillors into the recruitment process amounts to corruption in our view,\u201d the union says.<\/p>\n

Gawanas says she has not seen the letter and \u201cwill wait for it\u201d.<\/p>\n

ACC spokesperson Josephine Nghituwamata yesterday confirmed that the commission received the union’s complaint.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe said complaint will be evaluated to see if it complies with the Anti-Corruption Act and if it meets the requirements necessitating the commission’s investigation. I am unable to say when this assessment will be finished though,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Uutoni last week told the City of Windhoek he cannot approve the appointment of Conrad Lutombi as the municipality’s head until the findings of an investigation on the recruitment process are available.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the City of Windhoek’s recruitment of a substantive head of the municipality. The union is convinced the process was corrupt. The council’s chairperson and mayor, Sade Gawanas, last month cleared the process, saying it was investigated as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-33952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nUnion drags city council to ACC - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the C ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union drags city council to ACC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the C ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-16T17:22:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-16T17:44:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Union drags city council to ACC\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-16T17:22:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-16T17:44:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\"},\"wordCount\":904,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\",\"name\":\"Union drags city council to ACC - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-16T17:22:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-16T17:44:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the C ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"Union drags city council to ACC\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Union drags city council to ACC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Union drags city council to ACC - Namibia","description":"THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the C ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Union drags city council to ACC","og_description":"THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the C ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-11-16T17:22:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-16T17:44:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Union drags city council to ACC","datePublished":"2022-11-16T17:22:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-16T17:44:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc"},"wordCount":904,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc","name":"Union drags city council to ACC - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-16T17:22:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-16T17:44:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"THE Namibia Local Authorities Workers Union (Nalawu) has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the C ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1668606762.52.jpg","width":750,"height":450,"caption":"Union drags city council to ACC"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-drags-city-council-to-acc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Union drags city council to ACC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}