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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 | 2013-08-06
Welma Enssle, Ananias Elago, Alberts Kulobone, Ndjarakana
ECN shortlists five for top job
Tileni Mongudhi
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is expected to interview five potential candidates for the commission’s top job this Friday.
The National Assembly announced on Friday, through a notice in the Government Gazette, that it had shortlisted five candidates for the position of Director of Elections.
The National Assembly announced on Friday, through a notice in the Government Gazette, that it had shortlisted five candidates for the position of Director of Elections.
The process started after incumbent Moses Ndjarakana’s term of office ended in July after being at the helm of the ECN since August 2008. Ndjarakana is also among the five shortlisted candidates expected to be interviewed this Friday.
Early in 2010, the ECN suspended Ndjarakana over an “administrative matter” for a short period. Coincidentally it was also at the time when the nine opposition parties challenged the outcome of the 2009 polls.
During the election challenge, Judge President Petrus Damaseb criticised the ECN under Ndjarakana. He was quoted in the media saying that “although the election challenge did not meet the test for the invalidation of the National Assembly results, it raised fundamental issues about electoral governance in the country and the need to run electoral affairs in a manner that avoids unnecessary suspicion created by those who run the elections”.
Damaseb, at the time, also took on Ndjarakana for dodging questions and not fulfilling his responsibilities towards the opposition parties.
At the time, Damaseb even went as far as requesting the Prosecutor-General, Martha Imalwa, to take action against Ndjarakana.
National Assembly Director of Legal Services, Pietie Husselmann, confirmed the scheduled interviews saying that in accordance with Section 5 of the Electoral Act, the public is welcome to attend and listen to the interviews.
According to the government notice, the interviews will be conducted at the Parliament Building in Room C1 starting at 10 am.
Husselman also confirmed that Section 11 of the Electoral Act makes provision for any registered voter to lodge a complaint or objection against any of the shortlisted candidates provided they do it before Friday when the interviews start.
The shortlisted candidates are incumbent Ndjarakana, current Deputy Director of Elections Ananias Elago, Director of Finance, Administration and Human Resources at the Ministry of Safety and Security Welma Enssle. Enssle also served as Secretary to the Tender Board.
The Executive Director of the Joint Consultative Council (JCC), Alberts Munyanya Kulobone, is also in the running. The JCC is a non-profit organisation which assists SME development. The fifth candidate is Dr Paul John Isaak, a lecturer at the University of Namibia.
Early in 2010, the ECN suspended Ndjarakana over an “administrative matter” for a short period. Coincidentally it was also at the time when the nine opposition parties challenged the outcome of the 2009 polls.
During the election challenge, Judge President Petrus Damaseb criticised the ECN under Ndjarakana. He was quoted in the media saying that “although the election challenge did not meet the test for the invalidation of the National Assembly results, it raised fundamental issues about electoral governance in the country and the need to run electoral affairs in a manner that avoids unnecessary suspicion created by those who run the elections”.
Damaseb, at the time, also took on Ndjarakana for dodging questions and not fulfilling his responsibilities towards the opposition parties.
At the time, Damaseb even went as far as requesting the Prosecutor-General, Martha Imalwa, to take action against Ndjarakana.
National Assembly Director of Legal Services, Pietie Husselmann, confirmed the scheduled interviews saying that in accordance with Section 5 of the Electoral Act, the public is welcome to attend and listen to the interviews.
According to the government notice, the interviews will be conducted at the Parliament Building in Room C1 starting at 10 am.
Husselman also confirmed that Section 11 of the Electoral Act makes provision for any registered voter to lodge a complaint or objection against any of the shortlisted candidates provided they do it before Friday when the interviews start.
The shortlisted candidates are incumbent Ndjarakana, current Deputy Director of Elections Ananias Elago, Director of Finance, Administration and Human Resources at the Ministry of Safety and Security Welma Enssle. Enssle also served as Secretary to the Tender Board.
The Executive Director of the Joint Consultative Council (JCC), Alberts Munyanya Kulobone, is also in the running. The JCC is a non-profit organisation which assists SME development. The fifth candidate is Dr Paul John Isaak, a lecturer at the University of Namibia.
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