Swapo’s Oshikoto regional conference called off

KENYA KAMBOWE

The Swapo Party Oshikoto regional conference that had been scheduled to take place at the weekend was called off after the party uncovered a number of issues that needed to be resolved.

This is according to a letter dated 7 July from Swapo Party secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba to the Oshikoto regional coordinator, Armas Amukwiyu, informing him to reschedule the conference and in the meantime address the issues raised in the document.

Mbumba indicated that the regional conference should not go ahead because crucial documents sent to the party headquarters in Windhoek were incomplete.

Mbumba yesterday confirmed the letter, saying that it was not a big deal as the recipient of the letter was just informed that they could not proceed with the conference as there were number of issues that needed to be ironed out first.

He said the issues raised were likely to be sorted out today and the new date for the conference would be set.

Some of these issues were the unavailability of a summary report from Amukwiyu in which he was expected to indicate which positions are to be contested and by whom, incomplete submissions of the candidates’ political profiles, membership card proof of payment and legal documents such as identification cards sent forward to the vetting committee.

The letter also indicated that some of the faxed documents received at the party headquarters were illegible. Also there was no indication as to who the candidates aspiring to be part of the central committee are.

The document further states that the Swapo Party regional executive committee should peruse the names and required documents before they are forwarded to the party headquarters.