Council induction delays City CEO appointment
OGONE TLHAGE
WINDHOEK
The recruitment of a new CEO for the City of Windhoek will only start once the city councillors have finished their induction training.
Council management committee chairman Filemon Hambuda attributed the delay to an ongoing induction programme.
“We will still start with the recruitment process,” said Hambuda, who served as the City’s acting CEO for a brief period in 2015.
Induction delays
“We were in induction, we needed to finish induction and it is still ongoing. The process will start soon,” he reiterated.
Hambuda is among 15 councillors elected in last year’s local authority elections. The new council includes five representatives from Swapo, four from the Independent Patriots for Change, of which Hambuda is a member, two from the Affirmative Repositioning Movement and Landless Peoples Movement respectively and one each from the Popular Democratic Movement and National Unity Democratic Organisation.
The councillors attended induction training at Otjiwarongo recently.
City spokesperson Harold Akwenye would not comment on the matter, saying it was the city council’s responsibility to appoint a CEO.
The City has been without a substantive CEO for four months since the resignation of its then CEO Robert Kahimise, who joined Cenored on 1 November 2020 and described his previous position as toxic.
Human capital and corporate services executive George Mayumbelo was appointed as interim Windhoek CEO in November 2020 following Kahimise’s departure.
Mayumbelo has been at the municipality for over 20 years and had previously vied for the top job.
Mayumbelo also previously served as the municipality’s strategic executive for community services.
WINDHOEK
The recruitment of a new CEO for the City of Windhoek will only start once the city councillors have finished their induction training.
Council management committee chairman Filemon Hambuda attributed the delay to an ongoing induction programme.
“We will still start with the recruitment process,” said Hambuda, who served as the City’s acting CEO for a brief period in 2015.
Induction delays
“We were in induction, we needed to finish induction and it is still ongoing. The process will start soon,” he reiterated.
Hambuda is among 15 councillors elected in last year’s local authority elections. The new council includes five representatives from Swapo, four from the Independent Patriots for Change, of which Hambuda is a member, two from the Affirmative Repositioning Movement and Landless Peoples Movement respectively and one each from the Popular Democratic Movement and National Unity Democratic Organisation.
The councillors attended induction training at Otjiwarongo recently.
City spokesperson Harold Akwenye would not comment on the matter, saying it was the city council’s responsibility to appoint a CEO.
The City has been without a substantive CEO for four months since the resignation of its then CEO Robert Kahimise, who joined Cenored on 1 November 2020 and described his previous position as toxic.
Human capital and corporate services executive George Mayumbelo was appointed as interim Windhoek CEO in November 2020 following Kahimise’s departure.
Mayumbelo has been at the municipality for over 20 years and had previously vied for the top job.
Mayumbelo also previously served as the municipality’s strategic executive for community services.
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