Muharukua preparations underway
Preparations for the memorial and funeral service for the late Kunene Governor Angelika Muharukua are going well at Opuwo and Okatjetje village, where the family are gathered since her death on 1 October.
The chairperson of Kunene Regional Council, Julius Kaujova told Nampa that his office has set up a committee that is running all the operational and logistical activities.
Kaujova confirmed that they have already cleared the road to Okozongondjoza with assistance from the community and family members of the late governor.
Kaujova called on business people to assist by participating in the preparation of national and local activities in honour of Muharukua.
Furthermore, he requested the residents of Opuwo and its surroundings to cooperate and assist where possible with the memorial and funeral arrangements.
The first memorial service will take place today in Windhoek at Parliament Gardens, while on Thursday her body will be flown to Okatjetje for traditional activities.
On Friday, another memorial service will take place at the sports complex in Opuwo.
Muharukua will be laid to rest on Saturday at Okozongondjoza village next to her grandfather as she had willed, bringing to an end almost two weeks of disagreement between families as to whether she should be buried at Heroes’ Acre or Okozongondjoza village.
President Hage Geingob on Friday of last week intervened in the dispute between the families advising that the former governor should be laid to rest next to her grandfather as she wished.
Muharukua died of a suspected heart attack on 1 October at her home in Windhoek, two years after her husband Uaundjisa Festus Muharukua.
Her husband died in 2015 when his vehicle was swept away by a flooded stream.
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The chairperson of Kunene Regional Council, Julius Kaujova told Nampa that his office has set up a committee that is running all the operational and logistical activities.
Kaujova confirmed that they have already cleared the road to Okozongondjoza with assistance from the community and family members of the late governor.
Kaujova called on business people to assist by participating in the preparation of national and local activities in honour of Muharukua.
Furthermore, he requested the residents of Opuwo and its surroundings to cooperate and assist where possible with the memorial and funeral arrangements.
The first memorial service will take place today in Windhoek at Parliament Gardens, while on Thursday her body will be flown to Okatjetje for traditional activities.
On Friday, another memorial service will take place at the sports complex in Opuwo.
Muharukua will be laid to rest on Saturday at Okozongondjoza village next to her grandfather as she had willed, bringing to an end almost two weeks of disagreement between families as to whether she should be buried at Heroes’ Acre or Okozongondjoza village.
President Hage Geingob on Friday of last week intervened in the dispute between the families advising that the former governor should be laid to rest next to her grandfather as she wished.
Muharukua died of a suspected heart attack on 1 October at her home in Windhoek, two years after her husband Uaundjisa Festus Muharukua.
Her husband died in 2015 when his vehicle was swept away by a flooded stream.
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