Geingob wants salaries to be secret

SALARIES of politicians will not be disclosed in their declaration of assets, President Hage Geingob has told The Namibian.

Geingob said salaries are 'personal', and politicians were thus not obliged to declare them publicly. He was responding last week to questions asked by The Namibian on whether Cabinet members have declared their riches to him as required by law. His resolve to keep tax-funded salaries of politicians away from the public eye is contrary to his Harambee Prosperity Plan, which aims to increase transparency in government and retain Namibia's position as the country with the freest press in Africa.