Namibia: PM Denies Hand in HKIA Upgrade Tender Award

4 October 2017

Windhoek — Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has denied allegations that she instructed the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport to award a contract for the Hosea Kutako International Airport upgrade to a Chinese company.

In a statement issued yesterday, the spokesperson in the Office of the Prime Minister, Saima Shaanika, dismissed allegations making the rounds that the Prime Minister instructed the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport, Willem Goeiemann, to award the contract for the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) upgrade to a Chinese company.

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