Muharukua to be buried in Kunene
President Hage Geingob on Friday intervened in a dispute between the relatives of the late Angelika Muharukua, advising that the former Kunene governor should be buried at Opuwo instead of the Heroes’ Acre.
One faction of Muharukua’s family wanted her to be buried at Heroes’ Acre in the capital, while another insisted that she be buried next to her grandfather at Okozongondjoza village.
Because of the dispute, a memorial service that had been scheduled for 11 October at Okjatjetje village near Opuwo had to be postponed.
Passing the president’s message on to the family at a gathering on Friday, the chairman of the Kunene regional council, Julius Kaujova, said President Geingob values culture and elders of the late Muharukua’s family, hence his advice that she be laid to rest at Okozongondjoza village next to her late grandfather as she wished.
Kaujova said all the family members agreed to heed the president’s advice.
A memorial service will now be held at Parliament Gardens in Windhoek on Wednesday. On Thursday the coffin will be flown to Okatjetje village in Kunene Region for traditional ceremonies.
Kaujova added that the coffin will then be taken to the Newman Katuta Stadium at Opuwo on Friday for a final memorial service before her burial on Saturday.
Muharukua died of a suspected heart attack on 1 October at her residence in Hochland Park in Windhoek. Her husband, Uaundjisa Festus Muharukua, died in 2015 when his car was swept away by a flooded stream.
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One faction of Muharukua’s family wanted her to be buried at Heroes’ Acre in the capital, while another insisted that she be buried next to her grandfather at Okozongondjoza village.
Because of the dispute, a memorial service that had been scheduled for 11 October at Okjatjetje village near Opuwo had to be postponed.
Passing the president’s message on to the family at a gathering on Friday, the chairman of the Kunene regional council, Julius Kaujova, said President Geingob values culture and elders of the late Muharukua’s family, hence his advice that she be laid to rest at Okozongondjoza village next to her late grandfather as she wished.
Kaujova said all the family members agreed to heed the president’s advice.
A memorial service will now be held at Parliament Gardens in Windhoek on Wednesday. On Thursday the coffin will be flown to Okatjetje village in Kunene Region for traditional ceremonies.
Kaujova added that the coffin will then be taken to the Newman Katuta Stadium at Opuwo on Friday for a final memorial service before her burial on Saturday.
Muharukua died of a suspected heart attack on 1 October at her residence in Hochland Park in Windhoek. Her husband, Uaundjisa Festus Muharukua, died in 2015 when his car was swept away by a flooded stream.
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