The new auditor General, who was virtually handpicked by President Sam Nujoma to succeed Dr Fanuel Tjingaete this year, has in no uncertain terms criticised the accounts of State House for the 2000/2001 financial year, due to 65 cases or outstanding subsistence (S & T) advances in 65 cases, coming to N$ 833 658. Mr Junias Kandjeke criticised that the appropriation accounts were handed in 4 months later than the deadline.

Unauthorised expenditure of N$ 14,6 million took place, while U$ 401 138 instead of only U$ 401 were mistakenly paid out to a foreign airport company. Thus N$ 3,9 million were paid instead of N$ 3 930. The AG noted that fortunately his office could assist the accounting officer at State House to recover the excess expenditure by April 2002. Due to a strong US dollar exchange rate, actually N$ 4 219 943 was paid back. During the audit, it was discovered that four staff members at State House had exceeded the limit of their delegated signing powers, leading to a staggering N$ 15,8 million. Such incidences showed the lack of financial control and introduced the risk fraud, the AG warned. Transfer payments of approved N$ 33,2 million to the Security Intelligence Agency was exceeded by the high amount of N$ 7,9 million. The accounting officer at State House "should explain why the approved amount was exceeded," Mr Kandjeke, who himself once worked for State House administration, wrote in his report.