Africa-Press – Namibia. POWER struggles have erupted in the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), with a rift forming between president Vespa Muunda and Jeffrey Platt, who claims to be a part of the executive committee.
The association is now split into two factions, both claiming control of the organisation.
Muunda on Wednesday told The Namibian Platt has no authority to use the association’s name anymore.
“It should be taken into consideration that Mr Pendapala Nakathingo and Jeffrey Platt, who are claiming to be Nabta executive members, have no authority to act in the name of Nabta anymore. I said this because Nabta’s latest elective congress only concluded on 18 February 2022,” Muunda said and claims he was elected into the executive at the February congress.
He added that the splinter group has created its own letterheads, which he said was illegal.
On the contrary, Platt said Muunda was suspended from Nabta in 2016 for not following the association’s rules.
“We were elected in 2013 and our time expired in 2018. According to Nabta’s constitution, we must comply with the rules and form an ad hoc committee, which we did. So, the ad hoc committee was established after the expiry of the five-year period,” Platt said.
Platt added that the association had to come up with a new letterhead because Muunda was abusing the organisation’s identity and emblems.
“They call themselves a taskforce team. The executive committee decided on a new logo for the simple reason that Muunda was misusing the association’s letterhead. During his time of suspension, he was instructed to hand over the stamps and the letterhead, which he did not do. Therefore, we are establishing a new logo and letterhead with the executive members,” he said.
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