Austin Samupwa, Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations and Community Development – Youth fund projects ‘go missing’

Desert FM’s Jane Kandetu tackles pressing questions surrounding accountability and oversight within the National Youth Development Fund alongside Austin Samupwa, the deputy chairperson of the oarliamentary standing committee on education, youth, civic relations and community development.

During recent field visits, parliamentary oversight revealed critical gaps: regional officers from implementing institutions like the Development Bank of Namibia, the Environmental Investment Fund, and Agribank struggled to locate funded projects on the ground due to a severe lack of post-disbursement monitoring.