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This is an asks-only extract from the 23 April 2026 office PDF ("A constitutional reading of the governance of Namibia's oil, water and mineral wealth"). Earlier pages and the closing passage that discuss identifiable private interests are not hosted here.

23 April 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHAT I AM ASKING OF THE PRESIDENT

I therefore turn, with the respect due to her Office, to the President of the
Republic. In the interest of the Constitution she has sworn to uphold, and of the
Republic she serves, I ask her to do the following.

•
Table before the National Assembly, before the adjournment of the current
Session, the full text of the directive of 15 December 2025 issued from her
Private Office to the Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, together with
any legal advice or Attorney-General opinion upon which it was
purportedly based;

•
Confirm or deny, on the record, whether that directive was issued with her
knowledge or on her authority, and whether it was considered by Cabinet;

•
Disclose every petroleum licence, permit, or exploration right that has been
awarded by her office, or on her instruction, since she assumed office, so
that the nation may judge for itself whether Articles 32 and 40 of the
Constitution have been respected;

•
Instruct the Minister to withdraw any award purportedly made pursuant to
the directive of 15 December 2025, pending a full legal review of its
constitutional and statutory basis;

•
Suspend, with immediate effect, all regulatory processes in respect of the
Headspring Investments and Rosatom Wings Uranium Project, pending an
independent, non-Rosatom-funded Environmental Impact Assessment,
conducted in accordance with the Environmental Management Act of
2007 and subjected to public consultation in the affected communities;

•
Convene formal consultation with the Governments of the Republic of
Botswana and the Republic of South Africa under the 2017 Multi-Country
Cooperation Mechanism and the SADC Revised Protocol on Shared
Watercourses, in fulfilment of the Republic’s obligations under Article 144 of
the Constitution, before any further activity on the Stampriet Artesian Basin
is authorised;

•
Table before the National Assembly the full text of any agreements,
memoranda of understanding, or undertakings entered into at the
Eleventh Session of the Russia-Namibia Intergovernmental Commission
held in Windhoek in March 2026;

•
Direct the Auditor-General, under section 19(3) of the Minerals
Development Fund Act, to conduct and table before this National
Assembly a full forensic audit of the Minerals Development Fund for the
financial years 2014/15 to 2024/25;

•
Table, within sixty (60) sitting days, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Namibia
Bill in a form in which every operative clause — and most particularly the
petroleum deposit rate in section 8(1)(a)(i) is complete, and no provision is
left blank, so that Articles 44, 63 and 125 of the Constitution may govern
the receipt and custody of our petroleum revenues before first oil;

•
Pending the enactment of that Bill, publish a monthly public statement of
the balance, custody, and authorisation of the Welwitschia Fund, certified
by the Governor of the Bank of Namibia;

•
Refer the Headspring licensing history and the condition of the Stampriet
Artesian Basin to the Office of the Ombudsman for investigation under
Article 91(c) of the Constitution, and undertake that the Ombudsman’s
report shall be tabled before the National Assembly in full;

•
Refer the matters of the Gertze Directive, the Headspring licensing history,
and the disposition of the Minerals Development Fund to the Anti-
Corruption Commission and the Auditor-General for independent
investigation, and undertake that their findings shall be tabled before the
National Assembly in full;

•
Suspend the passage of the Petroleum Laws Amendment Bill until each of
the above has been done.

ISSUED BY: PANDULENI ITULA (DR.)
PRESIDENT - INDEPENDENT PATRIOTS FOR CHANGE (IPC)