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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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| 2013-08-08
Errant driver fined over use of car
Werner Menges
A SHORT but unauthorised ride with a government vehicle has cost a driver employed with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare dearly, leaving him with a criminal conviction, an effective fine of N$2 000, and a suspended sentence hanging over him.
Magistrate Cosmos Endjala sentenced the driver, Erenfried Kavari (43), on a charge under the Anti-Corruption Act yesterday.
Kavari was sentenced to a fine of N$4 000 or eight months’ imprisonment, with half of the fine or prison term suspended for five years on condition that Kavari is not convicted of committing a similar offence during the period of suspension.
Kavari pleaded guilty to a charge of corruptly using his office or position in the public service to obtain gratification on Monday.
He admitted in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura that on 14 October 2011 he used a government car, which he was supposed to drive as part of his official duties, to transport his father, without having the required authorisation to do so.
Kavari explained to the magistrate that he diverted a distance of about 350 metres from the route he was supposed to drive with the government vehicle so that he could pick up his father and drive him to a taxi rank in Katutura.
As minor as that use of a government car for private purposes might seem, it nevertheless amounts to a contravention of a section of the Anti-Corruption Act, Kavari found out when he was arrested and charged.
Kavari was supposed to use the vehicle he was driving to transport orphaned and vulnerable children staying at the Eros Children’s Home from an after-school centre, the magistrate was told.
Corruption is an economic crime and is difficult to detect, Magistrate Endjala said during the sentencing. The corrupt use of an office or position to obtain gratification is regarded as a serious offence, he reminded Kavari.
He said he was taking into account that Kavari, who is the farther of three children, is a first-time offender. Kavari is also likely to be charged with misconduct by his employer after the end of his criminal trial, and another penalty could flow from that, the magistrate added.
Kavari was represented by defence lawyer Edwin Coetzee. Deputy Prosecutor General Jackson Kuutondokwa appeared for the State.
Magistrate Cosmos Endjala sentenced the driver, Erenfried Kavari (43), on a charge under the Anti-Corruption Act yesterday.
Kavari was sentenced to a fine of N$4 000 or eight months’ imprisonment, with half of the fine or prison term suspended for five years on condition that Kavari is not convicted of committing a similar offence during the period of suspension.
Kavari pleaded guilty to a charge of corruptly using his office or position in the public service to obtain gratification on Monday.
He admitted in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura that on 14 October 2011 he used a government car, which he was supposed to drive as part of his official duties, to transport his father, without having the required authorisation to do so.
Kavari explained to the magistrate that he diverted a distance of about 350 metres from the route he was supposed to drive with the government vehicle so that he could pick up his father and drive him to a taxi rank in Katutura.
As minor as that use of a government car for private purposes might seem, it nevertheless amounts to a contravention of a section of the Anti-Corruption Act, Kavari found out when he was arrested and charged.
Kavari was supposed to use the vehicle he was driving to transport orphaned and vulnerable children staying at the Eros Children’s Home from an after-school centre, the magistrate was told.
Corruption is an economic crime and is difficult to detect, Magistrate Endjala said during the sentencing. The corrupt use of an office or position to obtain gratification is regarded as a serious offence, he reminded Kavari.
He said he was taking into account that Kavari, who is the farther of three children, is a first-time offender. Kavari is also likely to be charged with misconduct by his employer after the end of his criminal trial, and another penalty could flow from that, the magistrate added.
Kavari was represented by defence lawyer Edwin Coetzee. Deputy Prosecutor General Jackson Kuutondokwa appeared for the State.
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