NPC appoints new commissioners

National Planning Commission director minister Tom Alweendo this morning announced the names of 17 commissioners that will serve on the NPC’s board for a period of three years.
Of the 17 selected, three return to serve on the commission’s board. The board also includes three ministers and two deputy ministers and sees a departure from the previous board of commissioners that did not include a cabinet minister.
Familiar faces joined the NPC’s board of commissioners and this includes special advisor to the minister of health, Bience Gawanas, Dr Eino Mvula and Walvis Bay Corridor Group CEO Johny Smith make a return to the board of commissioners while NamPort CEO Bisey Uirab, Namibia Breeders Association board member Ryno Van Der Merwe, RMB Namibia investment banker Daniel Motinga, Development Bank of Namibia spokesperson Jerome Mutumba and Namibia Procurement Fund managing director Kauna Ndilula have been appointed. Academics Charmaine Villet and Markus Kudumo have also been given the nod to serve as commissioners.
Presidential advisor Daisry Mathias and National Youth Council executive chairperson Mandela Kapere have also been appointed.
Rounding up the list of commissioners is minister of mines and energy Obeth Kandjoze, minister of public enterprises Leon Jooste, minister of higher education, training and innovation Itah Kandji-Murangi, deputy minister of basic education, arts and culture Anna Nghipondoka and deputy minister of gender equality and child welfare Lucia Basson.
OGONE TLHAGE