Otjinene District Hospital

Unfinished Otjinene hospital project loses N$41.1m

Unfinished Otjinene hospital project loses N$41.1m

Hertta‑Maria Amutenja “Who is going to be held accountable for all this money that was spent and the hospital is not even complete?” This question was raised during a public hearing on the long-delayed Otjinene District Hospital, where it emerged that the ministry of health and social services spent over N$41.4 million on a project that has not served a single patient since construction began in 2006. According to a report by auditor general Junias Kandjeke for the financial year ended June 2021, the ministry incurred "irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure" amounting to N$41.4 million.  The total includes N$30.5 million…
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