UNHCR Osire employee arrested for alleged cash fraud
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A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) employee in Namibia, aged 38, employed as a community-based protection associate, has been arrested in connection with alleged fraud linked to the agency’s cash-based initiative, which provides financial assistance to families at the Osire refugee camp.
Police sources have confirmed the arrest. The suspect is expected to appear in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
In October, Namibian Sun reported that more than 100 refugees at Osire had not received payments under the cash-based initiative. The report cited alleged irregularities in the system, including cases where beneficiaries were recorded as having received funds despite having relocated from the camp.
At the time, UNHCR acknowledged a funding shortfall, stating that assistance is prioritised for families “most in need.”
- Eliot Ipinge
Police sources have confirmed the arrest. The suspect is expected to appear in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
In October, Namibian Sun reported that more than 100 refugees at Osire had not received payments under the cash-based initiative. The report cited alleged irregularities in the system, including cases where beneficiaries were recorded as having received funds despite having relocated from the camp.
At the time, UNHCR acknowledged a funding shortfall, stating that assistance is prioritised for families “most in need.”
- Eliot Ipinge
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