Namibia: The Cost of Parliamentary Paralysis

The national assembly on Wednesday erupted into an all too familiar spectacle.

After the tea break, the chamber descended into a cacophony of noise as opposition parliamentarians challenged speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila over her handling of proceedings.

The flashpoint: authorising finance minister Ericah Shafudah to present a speech on behalf of prime minister Elijah Ngurare, triggered fierce resistance from Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani, PDM’s Inna Hengari,…