Christiaan 'Krisjan' Xamseb (63) went missing on May 6 - a day after he was accused of trespassing and was ordered off Tsobis, a farm owned by former Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob.

According to the Police, he returned to his home on a farm north of the Geingob property late on May 5 and then set off early the next morning to look for a job.

His family denies this version.

He was seen again on May 6 on a neighbouring farm, from where the owner gave him a lift to the nearby main road, according to a statement by Police.

The Police, after following the missing man's tracks, say they found "his footprints" on the Geingob property where the trail abruptly ended.

"His footprints disappeared as he entered (the) farm Tsobis making it difficult to establish whether he proceeded with the trip or returned home".

But Xamseb's family say he never returned home on May 5 as claimed by Police and they fear "something terrible" may have happened to him.

Xamseb, who had been married for only a month at the time of his disappearance, was "a punctual person" and it is highly unlikely that he could have got lost in an area that he knows well.

His brother, Stephanus, said: "We just want to get to some conclusion.

If he is dead, let us get the bones.

If he is alive, let him come home.

Sometimes you dream that the man has come back.

Then I wake up and realise it was just a dream".

Repeated attempts to obtain comment from the Geingob couple, who now live in Washington D.C., over the past two weeks have proved unsuccessful.

Further attempts to obtain comment from Loini Geingos when she recently returned to Namibia for her mother's funeral also proved fruitless.

Xamseb's family are highly critical of the Police investigation and his brother says they ignored offers from local farmworkers to help in the search and only issued a nationwide appeal for help three-and-a-half months after his mysterious disappearance.

The appeal was made after The Namibian contacted Police for comment on the matter earlier this month.

Defending the investigation, spokesman Sergeant James Matengu, said the Police at Tsumeb had called on people living in the area to help with the search for the missing man.

Lemmy John Geingob, the caretaker at the Geingobs' farm, told The Namibian that Xamseb may have gone missing after having had "one drink too many" during a party at home and then set off to visit a relative on a neighbouring farm.

But, claimed Geingob, Xamseb could have changed his mind and turned back when he was halfway there, meeting up with Loini Geingos who warned him he was trespassing.

"Since he appeared [to be] under the influence of liquor madam Geingos rushed home to get one of the workers," Lemmy Geingob said.

She returned with one of her workers, and instructed Xamseb to get onto the bakkie "so that we can take you to where you came from," Geingob said.

They then dropped him off on a neighbouring farm.

After he was dropped, the missing man could have wandered around all night in the chilly weather, Geingob said.

According to the Police, Karl Oeder, the owner of the farm where Xamseb was allegedly dropped off came across him the following morning (May 6), and gave him a lift to the main road, pointing him in the direction of his home.

Oeder is the last person who reportedly saw Xamseb.

Oeder declined to comment, saying: "There are lots of rumours, very bad rumours ... that's why I don't want to talk to the media".

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