Namibia: This Week in the Khuta - Will the Tender Board Ever Pass the Corruption Test?

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The Tender Board has for various reasons been associated with corruption. Whether such suspicions are justified or not is difficult for me to say since no high profile official of the board has been successfully prosecuted in the past for corruption.

However, the absence of any prosecution does not mean that there are no corrupt individuals who sit on the Tender Board. It will be naive of anyone to think that only angels sit on the Tender Board. Be that as it may, one cannot help but notice recent attempts by the board to spruce up its image in the public eye. For what it is worth, I think it is a welcome development.

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