Mulunga’s cousin distances herself from N$3.2m Audi

A cousin of former Namcor managing director Imms Mulunga has allegedly told the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that a N$3.2 million Audi Q8 registered in her name at NaTIS does not belong to her.Prosecutors believe that the luxury car was bought as a bribe for Mulunga by Victor Malima, the fugitive owner of Eco Fuel, a company that did business with Namcor at the time.Testifying in court yesterday, ACC chief investigator Oberty Inambao said the woman, Hileni Kamati, confirmed during questioning that she is Mulunga's cousin but denied owning the vehicle.Although Mulunga recently distanced himself from the Audi during his testimony, ACC investigators have established that he regularly took the vehicle for servicing at Audi Centre. Its current whereabouts, Inambao said, remain unknown.Tracing a string of transfersDuring his second day on the witness stand this week, Inambao revealed how millions paid by Namcor to Enercon Namibia under a fuel asset agreement were swiftly rerouted – with some of the funds allegedly landing in the personal bank accounts of individuals now implicated in the widening corruption probe.Inambao said Namcor paid N$53 million to Enercon Namibia on 19 July 2022. The payment was split between two bank accounts – N$35 million was transferred into one Enercon account, while the remaining N$18.2 million was paid into a second Enercon account.According to Inambao, the N$35 million was immediately paid back to Namcor to settle Enercon’s existing debt, which by that time had ballooned to N$35 million – more than double the N$15.5 million credit limit set out in the fuel supply agreement signed between the parties in March 2022.However, it was the disbursement of the N$18.2 million that set off alarm bells. On the same day Enercon received the funds, N$3.613 million was transferred to Onyeka Clearing and Forwarding CC, a company owned by Malakia Elindi and his wife Lydia. Of that amount, N$1.5 million each was paid into the personal Bank Windhoek accounts of Malakia and his brother Peter Elindi.Follow the money That same day, another N$9.5 million from the Enercon account was paid to Eco Trading CC, owned by now fugitive Malima. These funds were then quickly distributed to various entities, the ACC official told the court. Among them, N$1.04 million was transferred to Parkwood Petroleum, a company owned by Cornelius 'Cedric' Willemse, who was Namcor’s manager of supply and logistics at the time.Immediately afterwards, N$1.47 million was sent to a Bank Windhoek account held by Quality Meat Supplies. From this account, N$960 000 was reportedly transferred directly to Willemse, while the remainder – N$500 000 – was sent to Panduleni Farming CC, a company owned by Panduleni Hamukwaya, the husband of then Namcor finance executive Jennifer Hamukwaya.Inambao stated that the entire N$53 million transaction only occurred because Hamukwaya had approved the payment on Namcor’s behalf, signing off on the asset agreement with Enercon despite the company’s breached credit limit and mounting debt.Money withdrawn in two setsIn a separate chain of transactions, Connie van Wyk, who was arrested last week alongside Austin Elindi, the son of Peter Elindi, allegedly withdrew a total of N$1.5 million in two tranches: N$700 000 and N$800 000, respectively, the ACC investigator explained. Inambao said the funds were initially debited from Eco Trading CC, owned by Malima, before being credited into an account belonging to Eco Fuel Investment CC. This account was jointly operated by Van Wyk, Austin Elindi and Malima – all of whom were authorised signatories.At the time of the transactions, Eco Fuel Investment CC was registered under Johanna Mundjego and Martha Antindi.

Mulunga’s cousin distances herself from N$3.2m Audi

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Namibian Sun 2025-08-06

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Mulunga’s cousin distances herself from N$3.2m Audi

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