Founding president Sam Nujoma had a special attachment to the plight of the Namibian child and regarded the children as protected assets in charge of Namibia’s future.
This was said by Khomas region governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua at a memorial service held for Nujoma by the City of Windhoek and the Khomas Regional Council on Sunday.
“The founding president at times advocated the elders to fasten their belt and to eat one meal per day and the children must have three meals per day and he always emphasised this,” McLeod-Katjirua said.
She praises Nujoma for steering a victorious liberation war, a powerful independence consolidation process and leaving Namibians as masters of their own destiny.
“We are celebrating the exceptional life of a highly inspired person who regarded Namibia as an unexchangeable gift from God and our forefathers, a person who believed that nothing will come between him and his country Namibia and a person who believed in the power of our culture, tradition, unity and solidarity, and he confidently stated this during the liberation struggle,” McLeod-Katjirua said.
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