Namibia: Nhe Mukulu's Reappointment Causes Outrage

14 April 2021

Staff from the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) expressed outrage yesterday when the institution's board chairman Sam Shivute informed them of the reappointment of the beleaguered CEO, Gisbertus Mukulu. The reappointment and apparent vote of confidence from the NHE board of directors come after two petitions within a span of 10 days from NHE management and staff alluded to serious governance deficiencies with a request not to renew the CEO's contract.

In a video recording of Shivute's meeting with staff to inform them of the reappointment, staff can be heard heckling the chairman when he asked them to applaud Mukulu's reappointment. Shivute, who was appointed Namibia Revenue Agency Commissioner last year, reasoned that the board looked at NHE's financial position and in this regard said "there is no any other (sic) reason and in accordance with NHE law not to reappoint Mr Mukulu and that is legal.

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