{"id":28377,"date":"2022-08-24T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ar-takes-mc-chair"},"modified":"2022-08-24T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T11:08:26","slug":"ar-takes-mc-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ar-takes-mc-chair","title":{"rendered":"AR takes MC chair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) has successfully toppled the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)-dominated management committee through a motion of no confidence.<\/p>\n

The vote took place on Monday at a special council meeting, following a last-minute attempt by the four IPC councillors to block the meeting through a court interdict.<\/p>\n

The High Court application was dismissed on Monday.<\/p>\n

Now, a marriage of convenience between the AR, Landless People\u2019s Movement (LPM), Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and their common foe \u2013 Swapo \u2013 was sealed yesterday to control the management committee (MC).<\/p>\n

Effectively, IPC, with just four members in the 15-member council, has been pushed to the periphery of decision-making.<\/p>\n

In essence, Windhoek\u2019s second coalition has fallen apart.<\/p>\n

Last night, a new MC came into power.<\/p>\n

PDM\u2019s Clemencia Hanases nominted AR\u2019s Ilse Keister to the MC. She accepted the nomination, which was seconded by AR\u2019s Job Amupanda.<\/p>\n

Swapo\u2019s Austin Kwenani\u2019s was nominated by Fransina Kahungu and seconded by Magdalena Lombard all from Swapo.<\/p>\n

Swapo\u2019s Queen Kamati then nominated Sam Nujoma, which was seconded by Kwenani.<\/p>\n

The fourth nominee to the MC was Hanases. Keister returned the favour. LPM\u2019s Ivan Skrywer seconded the nomination.<\/p>\n

Amupanda then nominated Skrywer as the last nominee. It was seconded by Keister.<\/p>\n

More so, the new MC is set to convene an urgent meeting in the coming weeks to recommend the appointment of a CEO to the council.<\/p>\n

All indications are that Conrad Lutombi \u2013 who came out tops during the interviews for the positions last year, albeit allegations of irregularities \u2013 will land the position.<\/p>\n

The IPC-controlled MC fought tooth and nail against the appointment.<\/p>\n

Until its demise, the MC wanted the recruitment process to start afresh.<\/p>\n

In recent months, pundits painted a bleak picture of affairs at the city.<\/p>\n

The state of affairs has inspired little if any confidence among residents, as the council has now become a political hotbed for personality clashes and bickering.<\/p>\n

To date, the opposition-dominated city remains without a solid plan to deal with the city\u2019s most pressing challenges, including housing, crime and provision of basic amenities to Windhoek\u2019s sprawling shanty towns.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow there is a clash of personalities and not a clash of ideas. It is bickering between leaders that are leading this coalition and not necessarily policies,\u201d political analyst Rui Tyitende said in an earlier interview.<\/p>\n

The hardening of the marriage of convenience that could see Swapo, AR, PDM, LPM and the National Unity Democratic Organisation form a new coalition in December is fast becoming a reality.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) has successfully toppled the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)-dominated management committee through a motion of no confidence. The vote took place on Monday at a special council meeting, following a last-minute attempt by the four IPC councillors to block the meeting through a court interdict. 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