February is a month of loss for Namibia – Mbumba

President and chief mourner Nangolo Mbumba has described February as a mourning month in Namibia’s history.

“For the second consecutive year, the month of February has become known to many of us [as a month] of mourning due to the loss of last year’s Hage [Geingob] and this year’s Nujoma,” he said.

Mbumba was speaking during the memorial service of founding president Sam Nujoma in Windhoek on Friday.

“He held the Namibian flag high since the 1950s to seek freedom for Namibia. He was a leader and a fighter. He used to reshuffle them and never fired them.

“This was because Nujoma knew when to fight and when to discuss issues for amicable solutions. There will only be one founding father and that is Sam Nujoma,” he said.

Mbumba added that Nujoma was the Swapo party’s first leader, who mobilised ethnic groups from all corners of Namibia.

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