Some Members of Parliament commended the Health Minister for a new approach to ensuring that government pharmacies no longer face shortages in medicine.

However, her mention that they had inherited a failing system raised interest among members of the Independence Patriots for Change.

Lilian Lutihezi said, "When you were talking about the middleman, you said, 'This is a system that we inherited.' I want to be corrected here. Who did you inherit it from? Is it from apartheid? From where? Because I did not see any change of government lately."

Another IPC MP, Immanuel Nashinge, stated, "Now that we have discovered numerous events that occurred, including price inflation and other issues, what will happen next? Because I do know that these people are known. Are we just going to say, 'Comrade, these things happened, and we are moving forward,' or are we going to ensure that those who have stolen from taxpayers and their funded activities, 'viva viva', are going to be punished?"

Dr. Esperance Luvindao could not give a direct response, stating that the new health administration was not involved at the time.

"We've been very careful about probing sometimes into things that happened before our appointment. It makes it difficult because when you are not there, that puts you into territory you were not a part of, nor do you have the full information about."

Dr. Luvindao further stated that their main focus going forward is to ensure that prices are no longer inflated and will account for the period that they are in office.

Regarding the question of where they have adopted the prior systems from, the minister said, "I was appointed on the 22nd of March 2025, and we keep it at that."

The Health Ministry's budget for pharmaceuticals and clinical supplies amounts to more than N$1.8 billion during the current financial year. The Health Minister said efforts to procure supplies directly from international suppliers could potentially result in savings of more than N$220 million.