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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-01
Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Cabinet divided over RFA package
Tileni Mongudhi
THE pay packages of parastatal chiefs have once again proven to be a hot potato for Cabinet, government’s highest decision making body.
The Namibian has learned that this Tuesday’s Cabinet session saw another heated debate over SOE salaries. The debate allegedly started when Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila proposed that the Road Fund Administration be reclassified from Tire 2 group of parastatals to Tire 3.
The reason for the request was to allow the RFA to make a favourable offer to its preferred candidate for the company’s chief executive officer post.
RFA’s successful candidate, John (Ali) Ipinge, allegedly earns an annual package, which is 30% higher than the Tier 2 cap of N$987 000, while the RFA board of directors proposed to Kuugongelwa-Amadhila that the parastatal offer him at least N$150 000 more than his current annual salary package.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba allegedly also joined the fray, which eventually denied the finance minister’s request. Pohamba allegedly also asked Kuugongelwa-Amadhila who was persistent on her request whether “she has seen Ipinge’s work” before.
Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday confirmed that Cabinet approved of Ipinge as the preferred candidate. She added that Cabinet also decided that the RFA board must make an offer that is within the State Owned Enterprises Governance Council’s guidelines.
Ipinge who is currently the Head of Public Sector Banking at First National Bank outperformed his competitors for the RFA job, which has been vacant since Penda Kiiyala’s departure in 2011.
Air Namibia’s General Manager for Airport Services Nokokure Katjiuongua came out as the second preferred candidate. Other shortlisted candidates are Namfisa’s Research, Policy and Statistics General Manager Adrianus Vugs and Abed Iyambo who is the Deputy Director of Research at Bank of Namibia. The RFA board allegedly proposed that should Ipinge and Katjiuongua not be available then the post should be readvertised.
The reason for the request was to allow the RFA to make a favourable offer to its preferred candidate for the company’s chief executive officer post.
RFA’s successful candidate, John (Ali) Ipinge, allegedly earns an annual package, which is 30% higher than the Tier 2 cap of N$987 000, while the RFA board of directors proposed to Kuugongelwa-Amadhila that the parastatal offer him at least N$150 000 more than his current annual salary package.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba allegedly also joined the fray, which eventually denied the finance minister’s request. Pohamba allegedly also asked Kuugongelwa-Amadhila who was persistent on her request whether “she has seen Ipinge’s work” before.
Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday confirmed that Cabinet approved of Ipinge as the preferred candidate. She added that Cabinet also decided that the RFA board must make an offer that is within the State Owned Enterprises Governance Council’s guidelines.
Ipinge who is currently the Head of Public Sector Banking at First National Bank outperformed his competitors for the RFA job, which has been vacant since Penda Kiiyala’s departure in 2011.
Air Namibia’s General Manager for Airport Services Nokokure Katjiuongua came out as the second preferred candidate. Other shortlisted candidates are Namfisa’s Research, Policy and Statistics General Manager Adrianus Vugs and Abed Iyambo who is the Deputy Director of Research at Bank of Namibia. The RFA board allegedly proposed that should Ipinge and Katjiuongua not be available then the post should be readvertised.
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