On the turn of Millennium President Martti Ahtisaari stated that Namibia is one of the leading democracies in Africa. Free and fair elections and continuous peace for more than ten years had international observers pleased of the status quo. More than 15 years into the independence, has Namibia been able to consolidate its democracy? Does it have institutions in place to continue democratic practices and are the voters still able to keep the government accountable? Lari Kangas investigates the current state of the three branches of government judicial, legislature and executive and draws...