Claim: Niko Bessinger graduated with degrees in architecture before registering as one in Namibia in 1993 where afterwards he joined Kerry McNamara and Associates as a partner.
Evidence: Bessinger graduated with a B.Sc. (Architecture) in 1980 and a B.Arch. in 1981 before being registered as an Architect in Namibia in 1983 (Member of the Namibia Institute of Architects and the Namibia Council of Architects and Quantity Surveyors). In Namibia he joined Kerry McNamara and Associates as partner, a move that cost his senior partner Kerry McNamara, a White Namibian, several contracts from the state and from private individuals.