Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has announced the names of four newly appointed members of the Public Service Commission who will serve for a period of five years as of the second of March.
They will oversee discipline, recruitment and promotion in public service, ensuring fairness, compliance and professionalism in government employment.
The appointed members include Patrick Nandago, Linda Scott, Lidwina Shapwa and the reappointed Gerson Kamatuka.
Members of the opposition were, however, not satisfied, citing a lack of transparency and fairness in the nomination process.
Another issue was that of the legal retirement age, which can be extended to 67 depending on certain conditions.
"Now we want a holder of a diploma as the highest qualification who has three years to 70 to lead the public service when there are more qualified Namibians. What is happening? It is irrational. It is illogical. It is unfair," says AR MP Job Amupanda.
"Why? Are we becoming a country where we give jobs to retirees? Someone has served three international positions. You must still get a new job," demanded PDM MP McHenry Venaani.
NUDO MP Vetaruhe Kandorozu adds, "The Equity Commission, that part of equity I think we need to be orientated. What does it mean? It means a fair distribution of opportunities and resources to all the Namibians."
"It seems this is an economic agenda that I have not done enough of. Please bring me back. I can't breathe. That is the impression that you are giving us," stresses IPC MP, Immanuel Nashinge.
Ambrosius Kumbwa is an APP MP in the National Assembly.
"Public Service Commission, since then, by the time of independence, many things went wrong, and if we bring in very elderly people, tasks might not be done in the right way."
Inna Hengari, PDM's MP, in her contributions says, "Must we really come to a point where the young people of this country start praying for the death of elders? Because that is the only time young people can actually stand a chance to be appointed to positions."
"There is everything wrong, and comrades will not see anything wrong with that there because they will not even see that they are way too old. That's why they think they are young even when they are 70," adds MP Michael Mwashindange of the IPC.
Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekondu, denies unfairness in the appointment process, stating that a number of youth have been recruited in various state-owned enterprises and agencies.
"We know very well that we have even appointed both of the companies. NAMPORT to look at that. We have a number of young people, females for that matter. RCC: we have just appointed them. We have appointed the Road Authority, well-balanced in terms of national proportions. We, as a government, are cognisant that we must build this nation. And we are sure that we have 14 regions and 121 constituencies of Namibians who deserve, if so, to be appointed, and there we are doing that."