Governors want ban on buying luxury cars lifted

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Some regional governors want the government to lift the ban on buying vehicles for public officials and to upgrade travelling allowance rates.
They shared this with the parliamentary standing committee on transport, infrastructure and housing last week.
The ban, introduced in 2020 by former president Hage Geingob as part of the government’s cost-cutting measures, restricts the purchase of vehicles for political office-bearers and other public officials.
Minister of works and transport John Mutorwa yesterday clarified that the moratorium, set to expire next year, only prohibits the purchase of 4x4s and sedans by senior government officials, such as ministers and their deputies.