Fishrot, the fisheries sector saga that has claimed the scalp of two ex-ministers all belonging to the same ruling Swapo party, divided parliament this week after the vice-president of Swapo, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said that the saga had been spoken about too much.
She proposed that the matter should now be left in the hands of the authorities, much to the chagrin of the opposition.
Ex-ministers, Bernard Esau and Sacky Shanghala in jail battling accusations that they sold out the fishing sector by corruptly giving unbridled access to Namibia’s marine resources to an Icelandic company in return for bribe money.
The ruling party has also been dragged along the mud with allegations that some in the party’s youth wing, primarily, General Secretary, Ephraim Nekongo also received in his account the dirty money.
NANSO is also fending off allegations that some of it, N$60 000 in all was paid into their account ahead of a congress in 2017.
“Swapo will not cover up anybody. We are just saying those who are responsible should do their work. They have themselves to defend and not Swapo. You are talking about a party of thousands of people, good people.
PDM president, McHenry Venaani challenged Ndaitwa to get rid of some of the party member that have been accused of corruption or convicted.
“PDM has suspended its own SG for an allegation of selling a property,” he said.
But Ndaitwa said, “I was talking about those party leaders in prison and they are no longer occupying those positions, you know that. You are saying people are in prison and we are quiet. They are not in the leadership of the party. So therefore, there is no issue of a second-class person in Namibia. We are all equal citizens and we continue to be treated like that. That is why both in the economic and social sector we all have the same right, we have all our members employed in government and benefiting from the economy of this country and some are given government tenders and they are known that they are your members because we look at who can deliver.”
Parliament erupts into chaos over fishrot
