During debates on the N$460 million budget for the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations, Members of Parliament raised concerns about fairness in the justice system, discriminatory provisions, inconsistent rulings, and poor infrastructure access in rural areas.

Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Leader Job Amupanda stressed equal treatment under the law, saying, "We must treat equal cases equally and unequal cases in proportion to their inequality."

IPC MP Boniface Susiku highlighted discriminatory rules for state witnesses: "There are some of the provisions which show discrimination here and there. The provision which I'm referring to is a provision regarding state witnesses or witnesses of the state. That provision excludes some of the witnesses who reside within a 15-kilometre perimeter from the court."

All People’s Party (APP) Leader Ambrosius Kumbwa criticised lenient bail for high-profile cases: "Money gets lost in the country, and it's millions. The culprits are taken to task. After that, this culprit is given bail of N$10,000 against one million."

Swapo Party MP Hilma Iita pointed to gaps in legal aid access: "Many others who are trying to make ends meet. Yet when they need legal assistance, they are told they earn too much to qualify for legal aid. But at the same time, they are told you earn too little to afford a lawyer."

Gender Equality and Child Welfare Minister Dr. Emma Kantema called for child-friendly courts: "We therefore hope that in this financial year, we also urge that this vote will continue to invest in child-friendly courts, which include court preparation for children and application of measures for vulnerable witnesses during court proceedings."

National Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Martin Lukato urged independent recruitment for judges and magistrates: "I recommend that when it comes to the recruitment for the lawful judge and the magistrates, an independent institution should be established to interview and recruit those magistrates and the judges."

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) Leader Bernadus Swartbooi decried inconsistent magistrate decisions: "One of the difficulties is that a magistrate in Karibib takes a different decision on a similar set of facts than a magistrate in Gobabis. Because the interpretation of the same law sometimes differs."

PDM MP Inna Hengaro questioned systemic priorities: "But I really want to understand whether we introduce systems for abuse or systems to make access to justice a possibility for ordinary Namibian citizens."

Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi emphasised judicial independence: "So I think it's high time that we deal with the total understanding that the judicial system, or the justice system, must be treated just like any other branch of the state of Namibia."

AR MP Esther Haikola-Sakaria sought better protection for prosecutors: "What are really the tangible actions that are or that followed to protect our prosecutors?"

Several MPs complained about judicial offices being inaccessible in most regions due to a lack of infrastructure. NUDO Leader Vetaruhe Kandorozu said, "We don't move forward. We don't change things. We are very conservative. All our operations are urban-based. In most of the constituencies, there are no courts at all."

IPC MP Elvis Lizazi questioned overlapping projects: "If people are already constructing and concurrently running a feasibility study on a building that is already being renovated, then I really don't understand why there is a budget for this."

In response, Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare defended the need for feasibility studies on all projects to safeguard the environment. He added that the justice system must manage within available resources, noting the Law Commission requires more funding to engage stakeholders effectively: "The Law Commission deserves and requires precisely the resources that you have mentioned so that they are enabled to do their work, as well as to travel broadly to where they are needed most and canvas the views of stakeholders in the reform of laws, laws that will make justice easier to dispense."