The lack of investigating officers hinders effective investigation at the Anti-Corruption Commission.
There are currently 36 ACC investigating officers.
Advocate Erna van Der Merwe, the Deputy Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission, says insufficient funding also poses another obstacle to the commission's operations.
During the annual anti-corruption media conference held in Swakopmund, the commission also disclosed that it has received a total of 328 cases in the Erongo region since 2012.
Out of these cases, 82 are currently active, with some dating back to 2015.
Challenges such as hostile witnesses, an inadequate number of investigators in the region, and delays in court proceedings impede the pace of investigations.
"Our office is situated here in Swakopmund, so it means that people must report or we have to travel to attend to complaints outside Swakopmund. There are also delays in trials for various reasons, of course; that is obvious, and we also have delays sometimes because of no response or taking time from stakeholders; it can be other ministries; it can also be NPC and the banks," explained Chief Investigating Officer in the Erongo Region, Willem Olivier.
The ACC Deputy Director General further highlighted that the commission faces a lack of representation, particularly in the southern and northeastern regions of the country.
She pointed out that the ACC currently operates with only four offices nationwide, along with a limited staff of 36 investigators and 21 public education officers.
This scarcity of resources, Van der Merwe says, poses a challenge to the commission's ability to effectively address corruption cases and raise awareness about anti-corruption measures throughout the country.
"We don't have sufficient funding for our operations, and we are further hampered by the fact that we really have a lack of capacity in human resources, and we really, truly need more funding and we need to be capacitated. So it's not only with regards to the finances, but we really need to be capacitated with regards to human resources."
The Chief Public Education Officer, Tobias Amoonga, also disclosed that certain institutions have not fully embraced the corruption risk assessment programme.
This programme plays a crucial role in identifying potential corruption risks within institutions and subsequently formulating preventive measures to mitigate such threats.