The Mamba Speech Raises Ire

ALLOW me to comment on the former President Dr Sam Nujoma’s speech at a recent election rally for Swapo party at Ongwediva as reported on NBC TV news saying whites are as poisonous as the mamba snake. How does he expect these white people to feel?

To make matters worse he was speaking in his vernacular language explicitly laying down his insults. Some of these whites are staunch supporters of Swapo Party. Having benefited and enjoyed their support for almost two decades he has now turned against them. This is unacceptable in terms of human rights. According to the Namibian Constitution Article 6, 8 and 10 protection of life and respect for human dignity should be adhered to by all while discrimination of any kind from any quarter is a serious crime. All persons shall be equal before the law and no persons may be discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic, religion, creed or socio-economic grounds, says the Constitution. The speech of the former President is indeed in violation of the above stated human rights. This is unbecoming of the said Father of the Nation. Please Mr Former President, command respect to be respected. When you made this speech at Ongwediva, you represented the majority of the Namibians especially the Swapo Party members, hence such a speech undermines the Namibian nation. It does not give a good image to the Africans and to the world, and it displays intense political immaturity. I strongly feel that he needs to give an apology for such a speech to the victims, but more importantly to the Namibian nation. Rights for AllVia e-mailNote: Name and address provided – Ed