INDEPENDENT Patriots for Change (IPC) spokesperson Immanuel Nashinge has slammed City of Windhoek employees who are failing to pay their water bills, describing them as “embarrassing”.
He was commenting on workers who owe the city a cumulative N$2,5 million in water, rates and service charges.
This comes while services to some other residents are cut off due to their outstanding debts.
Residents are also being haunted by debt-management firms collecting their dues.
“How many City of Windhoek employees have lost their houses or properties because they are not paying rates and taxes? What did the council do to make sure they paid up?
“These are the same employees who go and cut the services to other residents because they owe the city,” Nashinge says.
He says the city’s employees should lead by example and pay up.
“This is why the city is not progressing. It just has too many problems, too many squatter camps, and no proper parks.”
Weighing in on the issue, Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Maximalliant Katjimune says the city employees’ failure to pay rates and services shows indiscipline.
“The employees must just settle their accounts. They work for one of the highest-paying parastatal institutions in the country and have incentives to reduce the burden on them,” he says.
“It is not fair at all to the rest of the residents. The city must put mechanisms in place to make sure these employees pay up. It sets a bad example,” Katjimune says.
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