City Council Should Go!

PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to react to the current floods that are slowly and surely destroying Windhoek, I hope due to its urgency you will publish it now.

Firstly let me comment on your newspaper for continuously updating us on the rainy destructive conditions in Windhoek and around the country, keep it up! I have lost every faith I had for the current city council because of their handling of this situation, and in my own view, the Mayor and his entire council should do us a four and resign!Why?All the years they have been sitting in the Council what have they been doing while the city was deteriorating in a lot of areas.But most of all no provision was made to cater for this kind of disaster.We have a whole capital city with rivers running freely between the various suburbs threatening the lives of the citizens and their properties.The few bridges that we have and even those built recently have now been washed away, what is going on?The last few years have seen a decline in the quality of roads within Windhoek and other services and what did the Council to about this?They removed the then experienced CEO, Hailulu, who helped transform Windhoek from a useless colonial city into a city that represents a new Namibia.Hailulu, himself a protege of the liberation struggle, was believed to have fallen out with Council because he did not share in their corruption schemes.So they then replaced Hailulu with their very own product, Shipanga who was at that time not fit enough to be at that level.While Shipanga was in the office, during his absence Hafeni Nghinamwaami was acting.For those of you who don’t know this man, he was accused of irregularities within the Municipality.How in the world can the Council put an accused person in such a strategic position? Shikongo and his team don’t want to leave the City Council because they risk being exposed.I am sure Shikongo is busy looking for his loyalists who will protect his own interests.This should, however, be a wake up call to the higher authorities that they should in future promote people with the ability to do a job.While people are calling for the President to retire from active politics, a sentiment I do not share in, I am calling for the Mayor and his Council to go because they have served enough terms.Let someone else with new ideas come in and take the city further.Over ten years of office is too much and the side effects are surely showing now.Further, I wish to request the President to investigate the City of Windhoek through a commission of inquiry .- J Hipangwa – Windhoek- Note: This letter has been shortenedI have lost every faith I had for the current city council because of their handling of this situation, and in my own view, the Mayor and his entire council should do us a four and resign! Why? All the years they have been sitting in the Council what have they been doing while the city was deteriorating in a lot of areas. But most of all no provision was made to cater for this kind of disaster. We have a whole capital city with rivers running freely between the various suburbs threatening the lives of the citizens and their properties. The few bridges that we have and even those built recently have now been washed away, what is going on? The last few years have seen a decline in the quality of roads within Windhoek and other services and what did the Council to about this? They removed the then experienced CEO, Hailulu, who helped transform Windhoek from a useless colonial city into a city that represents a new Namibia. Hailulu, himself a protege of the liberation struggle, was believed to have fallen out with Council because he did not share in their corruption schemes. So they then replaced Hailulu with their very own product, Shipanga who was at that time not fit enough to be at that level. While Shipanga was in the office, during his absence Hafeni Nghinamwaami was acting. For those of you who don’t know this man, he was accused of irregularities within the Municipality. How in the world can the Council put an accused person in such a strategic position? Shikongo and his team don’t want to leave the City Council because they risk being exposed. I am sure Shikongo is busy looking for his loyalists who will protect his own interests. This should, however, be a wake up call to the higher authorities that they should in future promote people with the ability to do a job. While people are calling for the President to retire from active politics, a sentiment I do not share in, I am calling for the Mayor and his Council to go because they have served enough terms. Let someone else with new ideas come in and take the city further. Over ten years of office is too much and the side effects are surely showing now. Further, I wish to request the President to investigate the City of Windhoek through a commission of inquiry .- J Hipangwa – Windhoek – Note: This letter has been shortened