DTA Mayor moves to Nudo

OPUWO – The Mayor of Opuwo, Licius Mupya, on Monday resigned from the Town Council and the DTA.

Mupya told Nampa about his decision a few minutes after he faxed his letter of resignation to the DTA Head Office in Windhoek. Mupya has been the Mayor of Opuwo since 1998.In the same letter, Mupya announced that he was joining the National Democratic Organisation (Nudo), which withdrew from the DTA towards the end of last year.”Nudo has clearly articulated its political programme and vision and has convinced me that it will be the right political vehicle to drive the aspirations and political interests of the people of Namibia,” he said.”Many members of the DTA have lost trust in the current leadership and I am not an exception,” Mupya claimed in his resignation letter.Approached for comment, Kaura told Nampa that he had become used to accusations that no longer made any sense to him.Kaura told Nampa that the accusation that the top leadership of the DTA had undermined Regional Councillors had become ‘a song’ of councillors who resigned and join Nudo.- NampaMupya has been the Mayor of Opuwo since 1998.In the same letter, Mupya announced that he was joining the National Democratic Organisation (Nudo), which withdrew from the DTA towards the end of last year.”Nudo has clearly articulated its political programme and vision and has convinced me that it will be the right political vehicle to drive the aspirations and political interests of the people of Namibia,” he said.”Many members of the DTA have lost trust in the current leadership and I am not an exception,” Mupya claimed in his resignation letter.Approached for comment, Kaura told Nampa that he had become used to accusations that no longer made any sense to him.Kaura told Nampa that the accusation that the top leadership of the DTA had undermined Regional Councillors had become ‘a song’ of councillors who resigned and join Nudo.- Nampa