KHOMAS regional police commissioner Sylvanus Nghishidimbwa and //Kharas commissioner Rudolf Isaak retired on Tuesday.
Police chief inspector Kauna Shikwambi said in a statement yesterday that the police force was honoured to have benefited greatly from their “able leadership and management style.”
Nghishidimbwa served the force for 29 years, holding several commanding positions, while Isaak joined the then South African Police in 1980, and continued to serve the national police force after Namibia gained independence.
Shikwambi announced that commissioner Joseph Shikongo will be the incoming Khomas regional commander, while commissioner David Indongo will take over command of the //Kharas region.
Some contributions Nghishidimbwa made in the police force include playing a significant role in the formation of the Special Field Force (SFF) directorate, and his participation as the only Namibian initially in the 2015 Commission of Inquiry in the Kingdom of Lesotho after the assassination of the defence forces chief in that country.
Shikwambi said both Nghishidimbwa and Isaak had served the police force “competently, diligently and loyally” in all spheres.
Isaak served as the unit commander of the drug law-enforcement unit at Keetmanshoop in 1995, became commander of the anti-stock theft unit at Gobabis in 1999, and was promoted to the rank of inspector and regional crime investigations coordinator of Omaheke in 2001. He held this position until he rose to chief inspector.
In 2011, he was promoted to deputy commissioner, and transferred to //Kharas as the regional crime investigations coordinator until 2017 when he was promoted to commissioner, and also appointed the //Kharas regional commander until his recent retirement.
Incoming regional commanders Shikongo and Indongo bring with them a wealth of experience to the organisation, the statement added.
Shikongo hails from the Namibia Defence Force, where he served from July 1990 to 2000. Among his various assignments, he served the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor as chief of operations between 2007 to 2008. Shikongo also served the United Nations Mission in Sudan as planning officer and the Namibian contingent commander between 2008 and 2011.
On the other hand, Indongo was attached to State House as a protection officer, and served in that position for over two decades – first serving under founding president Sam Nujoma, and continuing to serve under president Hifikepunye Pohamba and later under president Hage Geingob until 2015.
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