67. Are there provisions for conflict of interests for candidates and/or elected officials?
Namibia
The Anti-Corruption Act states that a public officer commits an offence who knowingly and corruptly, and otherwise than as a member of a registered joint stock company consisting of more than 20 persons, acquires or holds, directly or indirectly, a private interest in any contract, agreement or investment emanating from or connected with the public body on or in which he or she serves as a member or as an employee or which is made on account of the public body. As the 2017 Namibia Corruption Report further comments, under the Public Service Act of 1995, civil servants are not allowed to hold positions in the private sector while employed by the state, but the Public Service Commission or the prime minister can grant exceptions, creating potential conflicts of interest.
