Namibia: Procurement Board Admits Errors in Kanyama Condom Tender

Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) chairperson Amon Ngavetene has admitted that the board has failed to confirm whether local businessman Shapwa Kanyama owns an operational condom or surgical glove factory before awarding him a tender.

Ngavetene in a meeting with the parliamentary standing committee on economics and public administration on Wednesday said the CPBN has awarded Kanyama a N$650-million medical supply tender on the basis of documents his company Amnics Trading submitted in…