Luhonono Combined School condition disappointing

HOFNI IIPINGEAbout 187 pupils at Luhonono Combined School in the Zambezi Region are living in makeshift shelters after a contractor abandoned the construction of the school hostelAs Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary for education, I am very disappointed by the contractor who abandoned the school, leaving our learners traumatised by the condition of their shelter.Education is a right, not a want - Article 20 of the Namibian Constitution has said it all. Therefore, this contractor should be dealt with according to the relevant laws. The government needs to pull its socks up and make an example of some of these useless and untrustworthy contractors by imposing heavy penalties to the extent that this contractor will be blacklisted and never get a job in Namibia again.The contractor needs to be brought forth by the ministry of basic education and the Central Procurement Board of Namibia, as this body is the custodian of awarding this big tender to this useless contractor. The ministry should take action to deal with such contractors’ behaviour and make sure all the money paid is recovered without delay.We are not a charity government to donate money like that. What happened to transparency and accountability in this country?As a secretary for education, I am calling upon the ministries of basic education, finance and justice to make sure the project is not delayed due to these criminal allegations but to give a tender to someone clean with a clean background to complete the hostel while dealing with the failed contractor and recovering tax payers’ money.Namibia, we need to be patriotic. Love your country and its people. We should stop this nonsense of wanting to be a millionaire within a day using state funds.Government officials who are awarding tenders to their incompetent friends must be identified and dealt with accordingly. As a country we cannot afford to lose more funds through corruption any longer; it's high time for government to restrategise and come back to the drawing board with clear vision of what exactly we want to achieve as a country.Our learners and our country's young people, men and women, members of the public have become victims of poverty. Suffering on other people's expense due to mismanagement of resources and unequal distribution of wealth. Equity, democracy, quality and excess are the keys to our Swapo government ideology, but there are individuals trying to implement what is not of the nation’s interest.I am calling the Anti-Corruption Commission to tighten its mandate this time around and clean up all this nonsense being entertained by individuals for the sake of progress.All contractors in Namibia should present the love and patriotism toward this country and its people, donating money and sponsoring Christmas for individuals to go buy expensive cars and building expensive houses they do not not deserve must come to an end.I am calling all peace-loving Namibians to come together and fight these evil spirits of corruption and incompetence within the government and private sectors.Rotten apples should be rooted out of the government system as they are the enemies of progress to prosperous and industrialised Namibia* Hofni Iipinge is the SPYL secretary of education.

Luhonono Combined School condition disappointing

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Namibian Sun 2025-09-18

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Luhonono Combined School condition disappointing

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