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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6906 FRIDAY 26 MARCH 2021 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Fate of suspended municipal officials in the hands of Prosecutor-General 5th year in a row!
Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has wrapped up its investigation into the so-called “missing millions” of a Statefunded low cost housing scheme in Walvis Bay. The matter is now in the hands of the Office of the Prosecutor-General for a decision whether there is grounds for the criminal prosecution of four (and possibly more) Walvis Bay municipal officials in this matter. Due to the fact that the municipality of Walvis Bay was tasked to oversee the execution of this low cost housing scheme, the Town Council of Walvis Bay suspended the municipality’s Chief Executive officer, Muronga Haingura, the General Manager of Community Affairs, Agostino Victor, the Manager Housing and Properties, Jack Manale, and housing official Connie Summers when the ACC started its investigation. Allegations are that approximately N$24 million of the State’s funds earmarked for the said low cost housing development are unaccounted for.
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Stakeholders praised for speedy reopening of rail line Praise went out this week to the various stakeholders involved in the recovery and clearing operations at the scene of a train derailment at Swakopmund. A freight train derailed around lunch hour on 16 March. A train operator was killed on impact, four locomotives were heavily damaged and at least eighteen railway wagons were also destroyed. Within four days after the derailment, the area was cleared on Saturday (20 March) and the line was opened again for train traffic. The operations included teams of TransNamib replacing the stretch of rail track that was destroyed in the derailment. Thanks to tireless work by both private contractors, emergency services and TransNamib, the accident scene was cleared of damaged rolling stock and the line was repaired and reopened. The first trains already used the line by day end on Saturday.
Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi Namibia’s road network has been rated the best on the African continent for the 5th consecutive year, says the Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa. The Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi visited Walvis Bay yesterday to launch the second edition of a report on the state of Namibia’s Logistics. In his keynote address, on behalf of the Minister of Works and Transport, Nekundi said Namibians can be proud of the country’s road network. Also the country’s two sea ports (the port of Walvis Bay and the Port of Lüderitz) which has also received several accolades for world-class efficiency and safety. The “Namibia Logistics Plan” was launched in February 2015 with technical support rendered by Japan. According to Nekundi this strategic document provides the roadmap for Namibia to speed up and reach its goal of becoming a viable and successful logistics hub in Southern Africa by 2025. As part of this master plan, regular update in the form of a report on the state of the country’s logistics would be published. The first State of Logistics Report was launched in 2019 and the second edition was launched during a ceremony at Walvis Bay yesterday (Thursday 25 March).
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