Youth minister no example for the youth

The youth are the leaders of tomorrow and the elders have to set an example especially when it comes to leadership.

Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo is the foremost person to serve as an example for the youngsters. He is the one that should be on the forefront in solving problems for the youth or to come up with projects from which the younger generation could benefit.

However, the track record of the youth icon by the name of Kazenambo does not reflect well but is rather in bad taste.

This is a man who did not hesitate to verbally and publically attack his fellow Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. The onslaught against her started in the National Assembly but he even followed her outside Parliament to her car and continued the verbal attacked.

President Pohamba, ironically, on Saturday again called on men to respect women and not to make them guilty of any form of violence against them. Although Kazenambo did not commit a violent act against Nandi-Ndaitwah his action cannot serve as a very good example of how to treatment of women.

During the past six month the same Minister, who has to set an example to the youth, had two outbursts against an Afrikaans and an Oshiwambo journalist.

The one was called a “bloody insensitive boer with a Koevoet mentality”, while the other one was “part of an Oshiwambo conspiracy with his stupid Oshiwambo Ministers” against Kazenambo.

He also has no respect for the Constiution of Namibia, calling it a piece of paper “which could be set aside to grab farm land from the Whites”.

There are serious doubts whether Kazenambo should continue being Youth Minister as he is fast becoming a serious embarrassment for Namibia.

Nambia’s Youth Minister is most definitely not setting an example for the future leaders of the country.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who is the appointing authority of Ministers, should by now have realised that he has to make a plan with Kazenambo.

Pohamba should not let some of his senior party leaders misguide him or try - with other emotional issues – to divert the attention from Kazenambo’s tirades.

Action should be taken now – otherwise Namibians might be left to think that the President does not have proper control over his ministers.

Action against Kazenambo will not mean that only ministers of the minority groups are targeted. Those who do not respect the Namibian Constitution and damage the country’s image should bear the consequences – no matter to which ethnic group that person belongs.