Thus, here I would like to thank Naita Hishoono, who with her soft-spoken manner and wealth of experience, not just in the field of research, but of the Namibian political context, made light work of the logistical and organisational challenges encountered during the conducting of the various survey phases, specifically during the organisation and facilitation of the focus group discussions. [...] With the coming into force of the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia on 21 March 1990, the principle of a multiparty participatory democracy was established through Article 17 (1) under Chapter 3 of the Namibian Constitution, which states: “All citizens shall have the right to participate in peaceful political activity intended to influence the composition and policies of Government. [...] 1.4 Objectives of the Study The major objective of the NURU project is to contribute to the strengthening of the legitimacy and credibility of democratic institutions by increasing the levels of transparency and accountability in political finance systems in southern Africa. [...] The issue of political finance in Namibia is not a new one, but given the paucity of available information and the fact that candidates to the NA are elected through the proportional representation system, the scope of the study was limited to the finance of the parties, and not individual electoral candidates. [...] The next three dimensions, (4) comprehensiveness of reporting; (5) depth of reporting and (6) reliability of reporting centers around the nature of data furnished in the financial reports and helps to determine the quality of the data submitted to the electoral bodies.
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