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Africa-Press<\/a> – Namibia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Prime Minister Nahas Angula said the late Kazenambo Kazenambo should have been accorded a hero\u2019s funeral. Kazenambo died last Tuesday in a Windhoek hospital. He had battled Covid-19 for weeks.<\/p>\n

The former youth and sports minister will be laid to rest on Saturday in the Okapuka area, where his great-grandfather Nikodemus Kavikunua was buried. President Hage Geingob conferred a state funeral on the late former minister, affectionately known as KK. \u201cIf Martin Shipanga was given an honour of national hero status, why not Kazenambo, who represented people in the diaspora, the people of Botswana? If I was the president, I would have honoured him with a hero\u2019s funeral,\u201d Angula opined.<\/p>\n

He said this during a conversation with Universal Media\u2019s Unomengi Kauapirura at the late Kazenambo\u2019s residence outside Windhoek near Okapuka on Monday. Kazenambo started the Universal Media radio station a few years ago. The station has a licence to broadcast in the Okahandja area.<\/p>\n

\u201cNamibia today is poorer. Swapo party today is poorer. Comrade Kazenambo Kazenambo left an empty space in our midst. He has gone too early. We are here to remember his life, his sojourn on earth,\u201d said Angula.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis was a rich life full of energy and dynamism. He was always ahead of many of us. Some described him as a maverick, while others say he was emotional. Others would say he was unstable. Whatever description you attach to the personality of the late comrade Kazenambo Kazenambo, one thing is for sure, he fought for justice, equality and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Swapo stalwart said Kazenambo earned recognition from the top leadership of the ruling party, a recognition that led to him being appointed as a deputy minister and later as a full minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe served those portfolios with honour and commitment. We celebrate his life. We are saddened that he departed too early,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrate his life. We are saddened that he departed too early to see his campaign for reparation payments by Germany not being realised in his lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1984, Kazenambo travelled to Angola, where he received military training. In 1986, he joined Swapo\u2019s military wing, the People\u2019s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan), as a combatant. He also worked as a journalist for the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) and the Voice of Namibia radio programme.<\/p>\n

After independence, Kazenambo was elected to the fourth National Assembly of Namibia in 2005. He then served as deputy minister of Local and Regional Government, Housing and Rural Development until 2010, and as minister of Youth, National Service, Sports and Culture until 2012. He was a member of Swapo\u2019s politburo.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Office of the Prime Minister\u2019s executive director I-Ben Nashandi yesterday refuted Angula\u2019s claims that Shipanga was conferred a hero\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I can remember, the only people to have been conferred a hero\u2019s funeral of late were the late Andimba Toivo ya Toivo and Nicky Iyambo. Hero\u2019s funerals are scarce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nashandi explained that a person can be accorded a state funeral and still be buried at the Heroes\u2019 Acre, which was true in Shipanga\u2019s case. President Geingob honoured the late teacher and liberation struggle veteran Shipanga with a state funeral in July 2020.<\/p>\n

There are three types of funerals in government\u2019s listing. An official funeral includes a six-gun salute, and costs around N$80 000; a state funeral includes a 17-gun salute, and costs around N$200 000; while a hero\u2019s funeral includes a 21-gun salute. Nashandi did not say how much a hero\u2019s funeral costs.<\/p>\n

Mourning\u2026 Former Prime Minister Nahas Angula in conversation with Universal Media presenter Unomengi Kauapirura at the late Kazenambo Kazenambo\u2019s residence. Photo: Contributed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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