Chief Justice Martha Koome has congratulated the Law Society of Kenya President-Elect, Ms. Faith Odhiambo along with other LSK Council Members who were elected to steer the lawyers’ organisation for the next two years. Koome said Ms. Odhiambo’s election marks a significant milestone as the second woman to hold the esteemed office of the President...
November 18, 2024
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Geingob’s Swapo Party successor will be elected in 90 days – Windhoek Observer
Kaipaherue Kandjii The Swapo Party’s Central Committee (CC) is expected to set plans in motion to elect the late President Hage Geingob’s successor in 90 days as required by its rules and procedures. The party’s highest decision-making organ is mandated by Article 15 (9) of its constitution to convene an Extraordinary Electoral Congress to elect...
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LPM removes elected Swapo representatives from ||Kharas RC
The ||Kharas Regional Council has explained the reasons for its decision to relieve three Swapo Party councillors of their council duties. The LPM-dominated council on Thursday resolved to dismiss councillors Lazarus Nangolo, Suzan Ndjaleka, and Taimi Amakali at a special council meeting held on Thursday. The ||Kharas Regional Council Chairperson announced the removal of the three...
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Gaobaeb elected UDF new president – Windhoek Observer
Niël Terblanché After a tumultuous elective congress that ended in the early hours of Monday morning, the United Democratic Front (UDF) eventually elected a new Central Committee which includes a new president and a secretary general. Hendrick Gaobaeb managed to focus the majority of the elective congress’s votes on him and will serve as the...
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Queen Kamati of Swapo Party Elected as Windhoek’s New Mayor
Windhoek, Namibia – Swapo party member Queen Kamati has been elected as the new Mayor of the City of Windhoek (CoW). The election took place on Friday in the capital for the office bearers of the 2023/24 term. According to Namibian Press Agency (NAMPA), During the election, presided over by Windhoek district court magistrate Jurina/Hoxobes,...
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Queen Kamati Elected as the New Mayor of Windhoek
Staff Reporter QUEEN Kamati of the Swapo party has been elected as the new Mayor of the City of Windhoek, while Joseph Uapingene of NUDO was also elected as the deputy mayor. Kamati received six votes for the position, while the PDM councillor, Clemencia Hanases, received five votes. Sade Gawanas, LPM councillor, elected councillor Clemencia...
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Shimooshili elected NFA president – Namibia News Digest
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) on Friday held its 32nd Ordinary Elective Congress, where Blue Waters Sports Club and Namibia Premier Football League Chairperson, Robert Shimooshili, was elected the new president of the Namibia Football Association (NFA). Shimooshili won against his rival Patrick Kauta after receiving 19 votes, while Kauta received 15 votes. The 32nd...
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Director, deputy executive director elected as Swapo officials
The deputy executive director in the Ministry Finance and Public Enterprises, Francois Brand, and the director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Albertina Shilongo, were elected as Swapo officials in Windhoek on Sunday. Brand was elected as treasurer while Shilongo was re-elected as secretary of information for Windhoek West district. They were...
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Namibian intellectual property execs elected to international IP body
The Chief Executive of the Business and Intellectual Property Authority, Vivienne Katjiuongua has been appointed for a 12-month term to the Coordination Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). She is the first Namibian to hold this position. Her colleague, Ainna Kaundu, the authority’s Services Executive, has become the Deputy Chairperson of the WIPO...