{"id":27281,"date":"2022-08-10T17:14:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/silver-lining-in-katjaimo-uk-shambles"},"modified":"2022-08-10T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:29:11","slug":"silver-lining-in-katjaimo-uk-shambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/silver-lining-in-katjaimo-uk-shambles","title":{"rendered":"Silver lining in Katjaimo-UK shambles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Katutura constituency councillor Vezemba Rodman Katjaimo is working around the clock to ensure the monies Namibians paid for the failed trip to Birmingham, England, to attend the just-ended Commonwealth Games is returned.<\/p>\n

The games ended yesterday. Masterminded by Katjaimo, 198 religious sport fans were asked to pay N$65 000 each to attend the sporting feast.<\/p>\n

The payment catered for accommodation, air tickets and pocket money.<\/p>\n

At least N$12.9 million was collected in the process.<\/p>\n

The quadrennial international multi-sport event brought together top athletes from former British colonies at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham, England to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n

Namibia was represented.<\/p>\n

The trip never took place, after immigration officials and security agencies, local and international threw a monumental spanner in the works.<\/p>\n

Katjaimo struck an optimistic tone, saying they are in contact with travel agencies Satguru and Trip Travel, through which they bought flight tickets, to secure refunds.<\/p>\n

The same goes for accommodation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working around the clock to secure those refunds. This has been communicated to the affected individuals. People have no qualms about receiving their refunds,\u201d Katjaimo said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Due to the complexity of the matter, Katjaimo has enlisted the services of lawyer Mekumbu Tjiteere of Weder, Kauta & Hoveka Inc to ensure the funds are reimbursed without delay.<\/p>\n

Tjiteere was conservative.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings were paid. But the people did not go,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n

According to him, his client will only pronounce himself on the specifics after the travel agencies respond.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Katjaimo] can only respond when he gets a definite response from the travel agencies. For now, he cannot say when a refund can be expected or how much it is,\u201d said Tjiteere.<\/p>\n

Katjaimo will also explore different avenues for recourse, including the legal route.<\/p>\n

Venaani speaks<\/p>\n

Inside the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) corridors \u2013 Katjaimo\u2019s political home \u2013 talk is rife that its leader, McHenry Venaani has been treating the councillor with kid gloves.<\/p>\n

Katjaimo is seen as one of Venaani\u2019s blue-eyed boys.<\/p>\n

Some even go further, alleging that Venaani might have benefited from the arrangement.<\/p>\n

Contacted on Saturday, the career politician dismissed the allegations, saying the trip was neither sanctioned or endorsed by PDM.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to throw us under the bus? The party does not give any position because it is not involved. We can\u2019t have a position. We can only investigate what our councillor did. You can\u2019t make it a PDM matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Reminded that Katjaimo occupies the constituency office on a PDM ticket, Venaani said: \u201cI don\u2019t have the material facts to make an informed decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

He hastened to say PDM\u2019s internal investigation was underway into the veracity of the claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can only make any commentary when we have the material facts,\u201d Venaani said, conceding that PDM is concerned by reputational damage the issue may have on their brand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would not have put up an investigation if we were not concerned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Botched<\/p>\n

Namibians\u2019 dreams to watch their stars, among them sprint sensation, Christine Mboma, were dashed.<\/p>\n

This was after a group comprising the first 21 people boarded the plane on 26 July, with Birmingham the only destination in the minds.<\/p>\n

Their journey was short-lived after hitting turbulence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after allegedly failing to provide sufficient evidence that the travelling party would return to Namibia.<\/p>\n

They were told they did not have the requisite documentation and background to attend an event of the Commonwealth Games\u2019 stature.<\/p>\n

In the eyes of the officials, the Birmingham Games were simply a decoy, the ultimate reason for their journey was to claim asylum upon entering Great Britain.<\/p>\n

Another red flag was that no bookings for accommodation in England were made for that group.<\/p>\n

Now, the Commonwealth Games are over. The group of 198 watched from television sets across Namibia and not from the pavilions of the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

While the group has laid a complaint against Katjaimo with the Namibian Police, no criminal case has been opened over possible money laundering and embezzlement.<\/p>\n

Katjaimo has also written to the police, explaining his side of the story.<\/p>\n

It is also alleged that Katjaimo recently bought a Toyota Fortuner and a bull for N$70 000 at a recent auction, purportedly with funds that can be traced back to the Birmingham scheme.<\/p>\n

Katjaimo has vehemently denied this.<\/p>\n

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