Kavangos Demand Compensation

GIVE me a space in your newspaper to air my view on this issue of serious concern, atrocities perpetrated under the name of alleged suspected Unita bandits.

The reason to demand compensation is not because former president Sam Nujoma allowed the FAA to operate from our soil. The idea is good to liberate Africa.But because of the events that took place afterwards when the Kavangos witnessed the real perpetrators, which were FAA and our own NDF and Special Field Force.One example is when cattle stolen at night and ended up in Angola and later a high ranking Police officer was found in possession of cattle allegedly stolen by ‘suspected Unita bandits’.And he was suspended.In another case an SFF member was sentenced to imprisonment in Rundu court when he was found driving stolen cattle, and when the Police and the community attempted to arrest him he pretended to be a Unita bandit trying to escape.As you know, we only live to grow mahangu to eat and sell to send our kids to school.But many of the evils done in Kavango are at the hands of local security forces and not so-called Unita bandits.There are many different examples of murders and robberies which are perpetratred by people pretending to be Unita.There was a case of an NDF captain who was killed with a bow and arrow at night while he posed as a Unita bandit as he went from house to house robbing people.There are also cases where SFF commanders were found guilty by the courts.On 31 August 2000 a principal of Ngone was killed close to the village where captain David P was killed.In the same year a principal of Shamangorwa was killed.For transparency and democracy it is important Kavangos get compensation from whoever was involved.History has taught us many things in Africa.We are calling on the NGOs, churches and other human rights organisations to work together to heal these people who were traumatised.Special thanks to those who condemned the atrocities.Omalayi Via e-mailThe idea is good to liberate Africa.But because of the events that took place afterwards when the Kavangos witnessed the real perpetrators, which were FAA and our own NDF and Special Field Force.One example is when cattle stolen at night and ended up in Angola and later a high ranking Police officer was found in possession of cattle allegedly stolen by ‘suspected Unita bandits’.And he was suspended.In another case an SFF member was sentenced to imprisonment in Rundu court when he was found driving stolen cattle, and when the Police and the community attempted to arrest him he pretended to be a Unita bandit trying to escape.As you know, we only live to grow mahangu to eat and sell to send our kids to school.But many of the evils done in Kavango are at the hands of local security forces and not so-called Unita bandits.There are many different examples of murders and robberies which are perpetratred by people pretending to be Unita.There was a case of an NDF captain who was killed with a bow and arrow at night while he posed as a Unita bandit as he went from house to house robbing people.There are also cases where SFF commanders were found guilty by the courts.On 31 August 2000 a principal of Ngone was killed close to the village where captain David P was killed.In the same year a principal of Shamangorwa was killed.For transparency and democracy it is important Kavangos get compensation from whoever was involved.History has taught us many things in Africa.We are calling on the NGOs, churches and other human rights organisations to work together to heal these people who were traumatised.Special thanks to those who condemned the atrocities. Omalayi Via e-mail