KEETMANSHOOP – Veteran United Democratic Front (UDF) politician and the former Mayor of Keetmanshoop, Andreas Biwa, could make a return to active politics.
Nampa has learned from reliable sources that Biwa is now fourth on the list of the UDF after Gaudentia Willemse withdrew as a candidate. Willemse was fourth on the UDF’s list for the upcoming National Assembly elections.Biwa confirmed to Nampa that he was asked to replace Willemse.Nampa has also learned from reliable sources that Willemse is in fact a member of the ruling Swapo Party.At present, the UDF has two seats in the National Assembly.Biwa has twice served as the Mayor of Keetmanshoop.- Nampa Swapo ‘hogging porridge pot’ KEETMANSHOOP – The Secretary General of the Congress of Democrats (CoD), Kalla Gertze, has accused Swapo leaders of large-scale self-enrichment.Speaking at a CoD rally at Keetmanshoop, Gertze claimed that Swapo leaders regarded the country as “a pot full of porridge from which they can fill up their plates whenever they wish to do so”.He said that only loyal servants of the ruling party were given a share of the porridge while the majority of the country’s people continued to live in abject poverty.Gertze said the difference between Swapo and CoD is that the CoD regarded being in charge of the government as hard work and that leaders should be the “slaves” of the people they promised to serve.The CoD candidate for the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency, Kauna Schroder, said if she was voted into power she would make definite changes to the lives of the people of the town.”I know about the suffering of the past of our people.The time has now come for you to make the right decisions,” she said.- NampaWillemse was fourth on the UDF’s list for the upcoming National Assembly elections.Biwa confirmed to Nampa that he was asked to replace Willemse.Nampa has also learned from reliable sources that Willemse is in fact a member of the ruling Swapo Party.At present, the UDF has two seats in the National Assembly.Biwa has twice served as the Mayor of Keetmanshoop.- Nampa Swapo ‘hogging porridge pot’ KEETMANSHOOP – The Secretary General of the Congress of Democrats (CoD), Kalla Gertze, has accused Swapo leaders of large-scale self-enrichment.Speaking at a CoD rally at Keetmanshoop, Gertze claimed that Swapo leaders regarded the country as “a pot full of porridge from which they can fill up their plates whenever they wish to do so”.He said that only loyal servants of the ruling party were given a share of the porridge while the majority of the country’s people continued to live in abject poverty.Gertze said the difference between Swapo and CoD is that the CoD regarded being in charge of the government as hard work and that leaders should be the “slaves” of the people they promised to serve.The CoD candidate for the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency, Kauna Schroder, said if she was voted into power she would make definite changes to the lives of the people of the town.”I know about the suffering of the past of our people.The time has now come for you to make the right decisions,” she said.- Nampa
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