Otjombinde must wait until dust settles
The Otjombinde district has to wait until the dust settles before they can hold a district conference, Swapo secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba has said.
Mbumba told Nampa last week the Omaheke Region had recently elected a new regional leadership that would soon be looking into the issues of the region.
“For now the current district executive is still in charge of the district until a date is set for the district to have a district conference during which they will elect a new leadership,” Mbumba said.
Newly elected Omaheke regional coordinator of Swapo Ruth Kaukuata-Mbura refused to comment on the issue, saying she would do so when the time was right.
The party's politburo last week disqualified the Otjombinde district from the sixth electoral congress of Swapo for threatening senior party officials assigned to the region.
The congress is slated for November.
The former regional coordinator of Swapo in Omaheke, Kejamuina Mungendje, on Monday told Nampa that the politburo had acted on misinformation by some members who put their personal agendas above those of the party.
Approached for comment, political analyst Uazuva Kaumbi said the ruling party had done an injustice to its members in the Otjombinde district by disqualifying them.
Kaumbi said it would have been better for Swapo to have found a different way to rectify the irregularities rather than denying the members their legitimate opportunity to air their grievances.
Swapo districts in Omaheke are divided according to the region's political constituencies: Aminuis, Otjinene, Otjombinde, Okorukambe, Epukiro, Kalahari and Gobabis.
Each district has several branches and sections.
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Mbumba told Nampa last week the Omaheke Region had recently elected a new regional leadership that would soon be looking into the issues of the region.
“For now the current district executive is still in charge of the district until a date is set for the district to have a district conference during which they will elect a new leadership,” Mbumba said.
Newly elected Omaheke regional coordinator of Swapo Ruth Kaukuata-Mbura refused to comment on the issue, saying she would do so when the time was right.
The party's politburo last week disqualified the Otjombinde district from the sixth electoral congress of Swapo for threatening senior party officials assigned to the region.
The congress is slated for November.
The former regional coordinator of Swapo in Omaheke, Kejamuina Mungendje, on Monday told Nampa that the politburo had acted on misinformation by some members who put their personal agendas above those of the party.
Approached for comment, political analyst Uazuva Kaumbi said the ruling party had done an injustice to its members in the Otjombinde district by disqualifying them.
Kaumbi said it would have been better for Swapo to have found a different way to rectify the irregularities rather than denying the members their legitimate opportunity to air their grievances.
Swapo districts in Omaheke are divided according to the region's political constituencies: Aminuis, Otjinene, Otjombinde, Okorukambe, Epukiro, Kalahari and Gobabis.
Each district has several branches and sections.
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