Ester Muinjangue – Windhoek Observer

06 Oct

NUDO leaders to hand over power in May 2025

ObserverNational NewsEster Muinjangue, Joseph Kauandenge

Erasmus Shalihaxwe The National Unity Democratic Organisation's (Nudo) leadership will remain in charge until May next year although they did not run for office at the party's electoral college over the weekend. The party’s secretary general, Joseph Kauandenge, announced this on Sunday. “We will officially hand over these positions to new incoming leaders who will be elected at our congress, as we have indicated that both of us will also not stand for the president or secretary-general position at our congress next year,” he said. Kauandenge and the party’s president, Ester Muinjangue, have been at Nudo's helm for the past…

Kauandenge defends NUDO leadership choices amid factional dispute

ObserverNational NewsBarry Rukoro, Ester Muinjangue, Joseph Kauandenge

Erasmus Shalihaxwe The National Unity Democratic Organisation’s (NUDO) Joseph Kauandenge said the party leadership will not hand over power through force but through a peaceful process to a legitimately elected person at a legitimate congress, as per the party constitution. Kauandenge made these remarks on Sunday in response to a congress that another party faction had organised on Saturday. He announced that the party's current leadership, led by its president, Ester Muinjangue, converged at a meeting on Sunday morning to discuss, amongst other issues, the congress held in the name of Nudo by a small splinter group claiming legitimacy. ‘’Usually,…

Abortion debate huddles in Parliament

ObserverUncategorisedAbortion debate, Ester Muinjangue

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri The much anticipated Parliamentary debate on legalizing abortion in Namibia could fail to materialize this year, with the National Assembly confirming that the motion, which lapsed last year, had not been re-tabled and thus not scheduled to be debated by the house. This comes after Deputy Minister of Health, Ester Muinjangue who tabled the legalization of abortion last year, had maintained that the discussion will happen at the beginning of the year when the Parliament reopens for 2021. “As far as I am concerned the matter was still up for discussion, the motion has not lapsed, it is…