{"id":1231,"date":"2022-02-21T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.creativethemes.com\/elementor\/justice\/?page_id=1231"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:44:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/enk.com.na\/af\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1231\" class=\"elementor elementor-1231\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9d536 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b9d536\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55130bc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55130bc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ecb92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64ecb92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c055b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2c055b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe9a90a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe9a90a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ENK Public Procurement Consultants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b16b36d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b16b36d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921beae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"921beae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Is a wholly Namibian owned entity duly registered in accordance with the law of the republic of Namibia. The entity was established with sole purpose of providing skills and competencies required in conducting procurement processes in line with the Public Procurement Act, 2015 (Act No.15- of 2015) which came into operation on 1 April 2017 and the amendments thereof.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6677aaf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6677aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd5131a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd5131a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1380e34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1380e34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ester Kuugongelwa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fd715f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fd715f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CEO, Founder<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf603c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cf603c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ms Ester Kuugongelwa, is an admitted Legal Practioner of the High Court of Namibia and holds a BJurius and LLB (Honours) obtained from the University of Namibia. She further holds a Master\u2019s Degree with special focus on public procurement regulations obtained from Stellenbosch University in 2015. Since then, Ms Kuugongelwa has been dedicated to the field of public procurement where she continues to present papers at both local and international conferences. She has also co-authored a number of academic publications with the African Procurement Law Unit (APLU) where she serves as Namibia\u2019s Research Associate.<\/p><p>Ms Kuugongelwa has over six years\u2019 experience in the legal field spanning from serving as a Judge\u2019s Legal Researcher at the Windhoek High Court of Namibia to being appointed as a Chief Policy Analyst at the Procurement Policy Unit (PPU) under the Ministry of Finance. Together with the Director, they established the Legal Support and Compliance Directorate at the PPU in 2019. The role included providing legal advice to both public and private entities on procurement matters, public training on the Public Procurement Act, formulating policies, conducting investigations on irregular procurement procedures and consulting on the amendments to the existing procurement laws.<\/p><p>In pursuit of her passion for education and belief in giving back to the community, Ms Kuugongelwa has over the years served as a part-time Lecture at the University of Namibia\u2019s Faculty of Law. In April 2022, she took up a role at the Namibia University of Science and Technology where she serves as a Legal Studies Lecture, lecturing Commercial and Business Law.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb7bd8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7cb7bd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4277d45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4277d45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/enk.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/New-Project.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d542b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d542b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With her background in Public Procurement, Ms Kuugongelwa established ENK Public Procurement Consultants to provide training on Namibia\u2019s Public Procurement regulatory framework. 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