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PROCUREMENT - TRACKER NAMIBIA - Transparency concerns dog ‘largest tender in nation’s history’

30 Mar 2022

When tabling the Bill, Shiimi ed, at the heart of the concerns and Virgin Islands, it is unclear who the said: questions surrounding the “largest beneficial owners of Nicholas Hold- “That leave be given to amend the tender in the nation’s history” is the ings Limited are. [...] the Hyphen website states that it is tute certain definitions; to provide for The online company name-search “a strategic investor and project de- the appointment of the Chairperson interface of the Business and In- veloper in Europe and Africa primar- and the chief executive officer of the tellectual Property Authority (BIPA) ily through its subsidiary, Principle Central Procurement Board of Nami. [...] Unit in the Ministry of Finance, with assistance from local According to a document that recently came into and international partners – makes 19 recommendations the possession of Procurement Tracker Namibia, the across nine areas of concern, on how to improve the gov- long-standing poor management of the procurement ernance of procurement within the MHSS. [...] Towards the end of 2021 a report by the Auditor-General was tabled in the National Assembly that sheds some light on the governance of the Namibian government’s interven- tions in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. [...] “The MOHSS could not provide documentary evidence to prove that they proactively planned the procurement of key According to the audit, the OPM spent an amount of al- equipment such as ventilators prior to the COVID-19 out- most N$1,4 million on the non-compliant procurement of break to reduce the risk of higher prices.” services, while the MHSS spent nearly N$4,6 million in a Similarly, on the is.
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