{"id":3007,"date":"2021-10-02T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T15:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sampofu-mbambo-sworn-in-as-swapo-central-committee-members"},"modified":"2021-10-02T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T15:22:24","slug":"sampofu-mbambo-sworn-in-as-swapo-central-committee-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sampofu-mbambo-sworn-in-as-swapo-central-committee-members","title":{"rendered":"Sampofu, Mbambo sworn in as Swapo central committee members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>ZAMBEZI regional governor Lawrence Sampofu and former Kavango regional governor Samuel Mbambo were on Saturday sworn-in as Swapo party central committee members.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>They filled vacancies left by former ministers Sacky Shangala and Bernhardt Esau who were removed from the party&#8217;s highest decision-making body after they were implicated in the Fishrot scandal. 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