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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>FARM REMINI \u2013 While pinning his hopes on youth voters and young politicians to stand up and be counted at this year\u2019s polls, ex-Cabinet minister Richard Kamwi has advised political parties to mount honest campaigns rather than lying to the masses.<\/p>\n

He also emphasised that political parties must field the best among them, as opposed to only fielding those deemed to be loyal or aligned to a certain faction.<\/p>\n

Kamwi, a malariologist, politician and farmer, made these remarks during an interview with New Era on his farm Rimini in the Otjozondjupa region.<\/p>\n

The discussion covered a buffet of issues, including his work since leaving active politics, his views on the state of Namibian politics across the divide, voter apathy, and the biggest event on the national calendar: the Presidential and National Assembly elections, slated for November.If anything, Kamwi is impressed with the quality of the current crop of politicians across the political divide.<\/p>\n

\u201cJealousy down. The young politicians on both sides of the aisle in Parliament today, the delivery, whether they are addressing issues, they are doing research, I think I\u2019m happy with that,\u201d he said while also thanking political parties and appointing authorities for entrusting young people with positions of influence and power.<\/p>\n

Honesty<\/p>\n

With the nation headed into campaign mode ahead of the decisive polls, Kamwi appealled for honest campaigns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should campaign truthfully. We should be able to consider brains… My honest advice is that let\u2019s consider people who will make a difference when they are in Parliament,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cLet us listen to our followers and the electorate. Let us know the electorate, not only now during elections [campaigns]… It should be all the seasons that we should be seen to go into the communities and improve these unacceptable school failure rates. It should stop, and it can only be stopped when you elect correctly.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the days are over for parliamentarians who think being an MP is a beauty contest or fashion show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Parliament is where we make laws. Let\u2019s not elect those people who are going to decorate chambers. I see some MPs there who have been there for donkey years. We should expect MPs from both chambers to make a difference,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

From his vantage point, MPs should be preoccupied with ensuring that the education, health and agriculture sectors are well-oiled and delivering, for the nation to prosper. \u201cWhen we do the campaigns, those people whom we put in from section, branch and districts, we should be considering honest people who can read and understand what they are reading,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

He also addressed voter apathy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, by not going for elections or not voting, you are not doing anybody a favour. You are fooling yourself. Voting gives you that right to make a difference by putting your vote on a<\/p>\n

person whom you think would make a difference,\u201d Kamwi said.<\/p>\n

Swapo politics<\/p>\n

The ardent Swapo member then delved into matters pertaining to his own party.<\/p>\n

Following the death of its president, Hage Geingob on 4 February 2024, vacancies at both party and State levels arose.<\/p>\n

At State House, Geingob was succeeded by President Nangolo Mbumba, while the ruling party is expected to hold an extraordinary congress to fill the void within 90 days since the passing of their leader. In the meantime, Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah remains the party\u2019s acting president. Mbumba, on his part, poured cold water on assertions that he intends standing for the Swapo presidency, while party secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has called those driving succession talks as insensitive.<\/p>\n

From Kamwi\u2019s perspective, it is rather unfortunate and uncultured that some of his comrades are talking succession, even before Geingob\u2019s burial.<\/p>\n

He said \u201ceven if you loved or hated him [Geingob], it is wrong to discuss succession.<\/p>\n

Let us respect and honour the dead,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he feels there are no ambiguities in the Swapo constitution, and such should take centre-stage post Geingob\u2019s burial, \u201cnot now while his remains are still in the mortuary,\u201d and disappointment could be sensed in his voice.<\/p>\n

2017 fallout<\/p>\n

It was during the watershed congress of 2017 that Kamwi and the late Geingob found each other on diametrically opposed factions: \u2018Team Swapo\u2019 and \u2018Team Harambee\u2019.<\/p>\n

That year, Geingob\u2019s Team Harambee made a clean sweep, annihilating and pushing Team Swapo and those who supported the latter to the periphery of decision-making within the ruling party.<\/p>\n

Kamwi vividly recalls this, and hopes Swapo cadres will never endure such divisive internal contestation ever again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also unfortunate, you know, in politics. Again, it\u2019s not about who you are in terms of service delivery. If that were the case, I would still be a minister. During congresses and those conferences, my name was always in the top five. But that year [2017], I recall becoming number 101. Why? It is because I differed with the powers that be, and that is politics. I did not associate myself with those who wielded political power,\u201d he added. But there are no hard feelings, he said.<\/p>\n

From the discussion, it was also apparent that for Kamwi, \u201cit is not cold\u201d out of the system. For him, politics was never a career, but an invitation to serve.<\/p>\n

Once his time was up, he went into farming, which is a passion instilled in him by his parents. Every politician must have an exit strategy, the veteran politician and ex-Plan combatant said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to advise those young MPs that people respect you if you are disciplined. I want to advise those youth not to sit on their laurels. People would respect you by all means if you are an expert, if you are well-read, hard at work, and full of initiative and want to see Namibia prosper. There\u2019s no reason why you should be voted out [if you possess these qualities],\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Numbers<\/p>\n

Later this year, Namibia\u2019s political system will be tested again when the country holds its most crucial election since the dawn of democracy in 1989.<\/p>\n

In 1989, close to 700 000 eligible voters exercised their democratic right in a vote which propelled Swapo to power, and Founding President Sam Nujoma to the highest office in the land, ushering in the post-apartheid era.<\/p>\n

The Electoral Commission of Namibia\u2019s 2022\/2023 annual report reveals a growth in the voting age population in Namibia, with 1 348 532 eligible registered voters, of whom only 370 826 are registered for the local authority elections.<\/p>\n

The reports reveal further that for the Presidential and National Assembly elections, voter turnout declined from 97% in 1989 to 61% in 2019. As for the Regional Council and Local Authority elections, voter turnout has dropped below 50% from 81% and 82%, respectively, in 1992, to 38% and 43% in 2020.<\/p>\n

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