New MP says abuse of cars pushing up State expenditure

A NEWLY sworn-in Swapo parliamentarian in the National Council, Penda ya Ndakolo, says the misuse of Government vehicles by civil servants has resulted in Ministries spending more than their budget allocation.

Speaking during debate on the Appropriation Bill this week, Ya Ndakolo said he was happy that the 2004-05 Budget was “a tight one”. The new MP said some Government officials were reckless and misused vehicles allocated to them for official use.”I am also aware that some Ministries, offices and agencies are spending thousands of dollars on unco-ordinated and unjustifiable overtime claims by some of their employees.All this happens because of a lack of supervision and control,” claimed Ya Ndakolo.He said it was very important, especially for lawmakers, to learn to live within their means or allocated budgets.”The problem we have in Namibia is that we do not want to cut wastage.”The new MP said some Government officials were reckless and misused vehicles allocated to them for official use.”I am also aware that some Ministries, offices and agencies are spending thousands of dollars on unco-ordinated and unjustifiable overtime claims by some of their employees.All this happens because of a lack of supervision and control,” claimed Ya Ndakolo.He said it was very important, especially for lawmakers, to learn to live within their means or allocated budgets.”The problem we have in Namibia is that we do not want to cut wastage.”