Namibia: Minister Mushelenga calls for action on report



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The Minister of Urban Development Peya Mushelenga asked the Karas Regional Council to report on the findings of a survey that uncovered irregular and unnecessary expenditures of $ 77 million. Namibian dollars. team discovered unnecessary and irregular spending in 2016 during an evaluation of the implementation of investment projects for the period between 2010/2011 and 2016/17

Mushelenga wrote to the chairman of the board , Jan Scholtz, June 13, asking for the council's response to the findings, which he wanted by last Friday. The investigation team recommended that a criminal case be opened against an architect, identified only as FM Hercules, but who has since died.

The team also recommended that the former regional chief, Saul Kahuika, be held responsible for some According to Mushelenga, the former Minister of Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa, had requested October 11, 2016 a response from the Board of Directors by October 31, 2016 on the corrective actions she had taken on the findings, as recommended by the departmental audit team. The council again failed to comply with Shaningwa's directive, Mushelenga said.

This prompted Shaningwa on March 29, 2017 to again remind the Board to adhere to its directive, and then it set to April 13, 2017 Last week, Scholtz acknowledged receiving Mushelenga's letter and said the council had submitted a response on Friday.

. He could not disclose more details about the corrective actions taken by the board.

"We have just responded to what the minister asked," he said

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