{"id":25925,"date":"2022-07-25T14:13:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ar-boots-amunime-kathanga"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:29:01","slug":"ar-boots-amunime-kathanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ar-boots-amunime-kathanga","title":{"rendered":"AR boots Amunime, Kathanga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has fired its spokesperson Simon Amunime and head of elections Paulus Kathanga for dragging the movement\u2019s name in the mud and sowing seeds of division within its rank and file.<\/p>\n

Both Kathanga and Amunime confirmed their expulsions.<\/p>\n

The decision was taken by AR\u2019s Interim National Activists Council (INAC) \u2013 its highest decision-making body \u2013 in Swakopmund on Saturday.<\/p>\n

INAC made it clear that personal interests will never supersede those of the collective.<\/p>\n

The two activists were booted \u201cfor sowing divisions in the movement, and bringing the name of the movement into disrepute. The two activists thus no longer form part of the leadership of the movement, nor do they represent the movement in any capacity,\u201d reads a statement issued yesterday.<\/p>\n

One of AR\u2019s founders, George Kambala, will fill the void left by Amunime, while legal head Stanley Kavetu will occupy Kathanga\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

Things came down crumpling for the eight-year-old formation a fortnight ago when Amunime and Kathanga penned a damning statement in which they accused AR\u2019s chief activist Job Amupanda of corruption and taking bribes under the guise of the movement.<\/p>\n

They demanded that AR\u2019s two representatives in the City of Windhoek council \u2013 Amupanda and Ilse Keister \u2013 be rotated to allow activists who are unemployed and \u201cblacklisted by the regime\u201d to make a living.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the harm of allowing other activists to take up the seats at City of Windhoek, and allow them to prove their leadership and allow them to make a<\/p>\n

living with that N$30 000?\u201d they asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cINAC encourages all activists in the movement not to tolerate corruption and to report corruption, no matter whom it involves. We have taken note that the two activists are peddling lies in public, which<\/p>\n

is in tandem with the reasons why they were relieved of their responsibilities,\u201d Kambala said in the statement.<\/p>\n

More so, AR recently adopted the Reorganisation, Institutionalisation and Formalisation (RIF) programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cPractically, we recently adopted the pre-constitution interim governance guidelines, which serve as the direction towards a constitutional order within the Affirmative Repositioning movement,\u201d Kambala continued.<\/p>\n

The said guidelines are anticipated to remain in force until the adoption of the AR constitution in November 2022, and will cease to exist as soon as the national activists\u2019 assembly convenes<\/p>\n

to elect the leadership of the movement.<\/p>\n

The assembly will be attended by 650 delegates from across Namibia, and will be held in Otavi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe head of legal has been tasked to finalise and table the Code of Conduct and Revolutionary Discipline at the next INAC meeting for adoption, as per section 5.3 of the interim governance guidelines,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

AR promised to deploy a new communications strategy, guided by professionalism and transparency, to reinforce its role, as well as a \u201cfront door\u201d strategic approach. \u201cThese details will be thrashed out in the communications policy to be tabled at the next INAC meeting to provide timely and factual information to dispel public speculations,\u201d Kambala said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has fired its spokesperson Simon Amunime and head of elections Paulus Kathanga for dragging the movement\u2019s name in the mud and sowing seeds of division within its rank and file. Both Kathanga and Amunime confirmed their expulsions. 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