EDITORIAL: Walk the talk, Mr Venaani

President Hage Geingob is being burdened with requests to cancel the medical supplies tenders recently dished out by the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) - something he barely has any powers to do.Geingob doesn’t have a blank cheque to do anything and everything he wants, which in itself would be a very dangerous scenario. When he won the legal appeal to have the award of a tender to a Chinese company for upgrades to Hosea Kutako airport declared null and void, he didn’t use his presidential powers.He, as a person of interest, sought recourse in courts and - in fact - lost the matter in the High Court. He eventually won on appeal in the Supreme Court.There is nothing stopping McHenry Venaani, as a lawmaker and leader of the second largest party in the country, from following Geingob&#039;s lead from 2017 and contesting the legitimacy and fairness of these bids.That route can be walked by anyone who qualifies in legal terms as a person of interest. Venaani went all the way to the Supreme Court to stop legitimately-elected members of his party from entering parliament, but on a matter of national interest, he would rather convene a press conference and bark out instructions.It’s time Venaani became a real cock of the walk in our politics, rather than always reducing himself to a feather duster in a muddy situation that requires shovels.

EDITORIAL: Walk the talk, Mr Venaani

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Namibian Sun 2025-06-18

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EDITORIAL: Walk the talk, Mr Venaani

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