Namibian government not broke

PRESIDENT Hage Geingob has maintained that the government is not broke and insisted that the economic outlook of the country is promising.

Geingob reportedly made the remarks yesterday when he opened the sixth session of the third parliament in a tent set up in the parliament garden to accommodate the expanded legislature.

The President tried to play down comments by economic commentators that the country was financially crippled. The President has been accused of expanding ministries, increasing parliamentarians and advisers, and lavishly spending on infrastructure projects - even though he cancelled some shady deals last year. According to him, the country will continue to build on the legacy of fiscal discipline and prudence that was built over 25 years.