Kawana, Shanghala swap desks
The justice ministry yesterday welcomed its new minister, Sacky Shanghala, and new attorney-general, Albert Kawana, following the cabinet reshuffle by President Hage Geingob two weeks ago.
In his inaugural address Kawana told the media and ministry staff that high on his list of priorities was an audit on the impact of the Procurement Act. “There is a need to carry out an audit to ascertain the impact of these laws in addressing inequality. I am fully aware that if we are to defeat poverty, we must first and foremost economically empower communities over and above individuals. This is vision we will embrace in our interpretation of our laws.”
Kawana also spoke at length on innovating in this time of budget cuts and added that he would be addressing litigation which results in an unnecessary loss of state resources as well as review all laws which impede economic development of Namibia.
Shanghala addressed the staff and set firm boundaries in place. As the new minister, he told the staff that they would have to cultivate a spirit of hard work and dedication to duty, as well as focus on service delivery.
Furthermore, he added that he was “concerned over the implementation of the public management system” and asked for an urgent mapping process of all the directorates in the ministry.
He also informed staff that “before leaving the place of training or a meeting venue, email your report to the ministry. I expect to receive a report before your leave that place. This is my rule.”
Kawana was the former justice minister while Shanghala was the former attorney-general.
JUNE SHIMUOSHILI
In his inaugural address Kawana told the media and ministry staff that high on his list of priorities was an audit on the impact of the Procurement Act. “There is a need to carry out an audit to ascertain the impact of these laws in addressing inequality. I am fully aware that if we are to defeat poverty, we must first and foremost economically empower communities over and above individuals. This is vision we will embrace in our interpretation of our laws.”
Kawana also spoke at length on innovating in this time of budget cuts and added that he would be addressing litigation which results in an unnecessary loss of state resources as well as review all laws which impede economic development of Namibia.
Shanghala addressed the staff and set firm boundaries in place. As the new minister, he told the staff that they would have to cultivate a spirit of hard work and dedication to duty, as well as focus on service delivery.
Furthermore, he added that he was “concerned over the implementation of the public management system” and asked for an urgent mapping process of all the directorates in the ministry.
He also informed staff that “before leaving the place of training or a meeting venue, email your report to the ministry. I expect to receive a report before your leave that place. This is my rule.”
Kawana was the former justice minister while Shanghala was the former attorney-general.
JUNE SHIMUOSHILI
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