Affirmative Repositioning member of parliament George Kambala has moved a motion proposing the preservation of founding president Sam Nujoma’s legacy.
He tabled his notice of motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday, inspired by a decision taken in December 2005 by the fourth National Assembly, which conferred the status of ‘founding father’ to founding president Sam Nujoma.
“That was not a symbolic gesture. It was a solemn declaration of gratitude by a free people to the man who carried the burden of our liberation on his shoulders.
“Nations honour their architects of freedom in visible, tangible ways,” he said.
Kambala says Ghana, for example, preserves the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Museum, while South Africa safeguards the memory of founding president Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Museum and honours former politician Oliver Tambo through the Oliver Tambo Heritage House.
“The question is no longer who shaped our past, but whether Namibia is courageous enough to preserve it,” Kambala said.
The Old State House serves as the first seat of an independent government, and the residence of the first president is “a case in point”, he said.
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