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STAFF REPORTER
WINDHOEK
Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo yesterday said he did not know that the N$65 000 allegedly deposited into his personal account in 2017 through De Klerk, Horn & Coetzee (DHC) Incorporated, a defunct law firm accused of disbursing N$75 million allegedly laundered from Fishcor, was linked to what is now called the Fishrot bribery scandal.
Nekongo, speaking on Namibian Sun s The Evening Review show yesterday, said he did not know anything about Fishrot until the scandal was laid bare in the press in late 2019.
Citing the fact that the matter is now before court, Nekongo flatly refused to state what the money was for, saying he would only divulge details if he was summoned before court or if the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) requested answers from him.
19 January 2021 | Crime
DODGY OBJECTIVES: Former fisheries minister Bernard Esau (centre) and former Fishcor CEO Mike Nghipunya (left) are currently in jail awaiting trial. PHOTO: NAMPA
STAFF REPORTER
WINDHOEK
Stier Vente Associates, external auditors for beleaguered state fishing company Fishcor, only reported the suspicious Fishrot-related transactions to the Public Accountants’ and Auditors’ Board (PAAB) on 21 February 2020, long after the scandal had been reported in local and international media.
Namibian Sun understands that Stier Vente Associates, in its submission to PAAB - a statutory board regulating the accountancy profession in Namibia – claimed it had been misled by former fisheries minister Bernard Esau, who said the money was taken out of the company to fund ‘government objectives’.