The City of Windhoek is still in the process of searching for a new CEO, a position that has been vacant since December 2014 when its former CEO, Niilo Taapopi’s contract ended.
Namibian Sun reported in March that the city is appointing a headhunting agency to help recruit a suitable chief executive officer, after advertising the post four times and failed to find a replacement for Taapopi.
Fillemon Hambuda is currently the acting CEO.
The chairperson of the City’s CEO recruitment panel Sven Thieme said yesterday that the process is still on-going and that they want everyone to be considered. “We are just making sure to follow due process before candidates get shortlisted,” Thieme said.
Thieme said they are making good progress and that the process involves making sure there are no loopholes.
Thieme said in March that the position had already been advertised four times, and there is no point in doing the same thing again.
At the time, he said the dream was to conclude the recruitment of the new CEO by the end of May.
Also during March, Urban and Rural Development Minister Sophia Shaningwa confirmed that she had instructed the City to re-advertise or headhunt, to ensure that a suitable person is found.
“They are always informing me of their predicament. I advised them to either re-advertise or headhunt. How they do it is entirely up to them,” she said at the time.
GORDON JOSEPH
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