{"id":78007,"date":"2024-10-07T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nudo-still-undecided-on-presidential-candidate-one-month-before-election"},"modified":"2024-10-07T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:07:00","slug":"nudo-still-undecided-on-presidential-candidate-one-month-before-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nudo-still-undecided-on-presidential-candidate-one-month-before-election","title":{"rendered":"Nudo still undecided on presidential candidate one month before election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has not decided who to field as its presidential candidate in next month\u2019s presidential and National Assembly elections.<\/b><\/p>\n

Nudo held its electoral college in Windhoek on Saturday to elect its top leaders, but the party is yet to choose a president.<\/p>\n

Nudo only released the names of its top 10 leaders in its electoral college, as incumbent president and deputy minister of health and social services Esther Muinjangue has made it clear she will be stepping down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make sure come the elective congress in March 2025, I will be stepping down. I won\u2019t be taking part in this electoral college,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Political parties have until 16 October to submit their presidential nominees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t decided on a presidential candidate. We will decide on that this week,\u201d secretary general Joseph Kauandenge said.<\/p>\n

Kauandenge said he and Muinjangue will serve as party leaders until the elective congress is held next year.<\/p>\n

Joseph Kauandenge<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have led this party for the past five years \u2013 both as members of parliament and leaders. It has not been easy, as it was five years of hell, anarchy and internal turmoil caused by some disgruntled elements within the party, who clearly have become insects feasting on the flesh of the party from within,\u201d he said.<\/b><\/p>\n

He said that he and Muinjangue believe they have done their part and must now allow others to also represent the party in parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we are not standing as candidates on our parliamentary list, our members should not panic as the president and myself as secretary general, together with the entire party leadership, will still continue to be in charge and lead the party through this campaign until next year in May 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will then officially hand over these positions to new, incoming leaders who will be elected at our congress, as we have indicated that neither of us would stand for the president or secretary general positions at our congress next year,\u201d he said.<\/b><\/p>\n

Esther Muinjangue<\/p>\n

INCLUSION<\/p>\n

Nudo\u2019s deputy secretary general, Uaraa Uapingene, said the inclusion of non-Otjiherero speakers on Nudo\u2019s top 10 list signals a move away from tribal-based politics in the party.<\/p>\n

He said although Nudo was started by the Otjiherero chiefs\u2019 council to petition the United Nations to return their stolen land, the time has come to include Namibians with a common goal.<\/p>\n

The list includes Vetaruhe Kandorozu, PK Kazongominja, Uaraa Uapingene, Mariana Christof, Olavi Haimbanga, Anna Ntonda, Kaitikirue Hiatjiua, Yvonne Shimantu, Vincent Kahua and Ester Kake.<\/p>\n

FACTIONS<\/p>\n

Nudo\u2019s splinter faction, led by Barry Rukoro, says it does not recognise the 10 confirmed leaders elected democratically at the electoral college.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, it was just another ploy for Kauandenge to break Nudo. We, the legitimate party, held our electrotal college on 7 September. Any decision taken by an illegitimate party cannot stand,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Rukoro says Muinjangue\u2019s faction\u2019s ploy to include non-Otjiherero speakers as party leaders is a tactic to garner votes and not a genuine move for inclusivity.<\/p>\n

Barry Rukoro<\/p>\n

He says genuine inclusivity is having more than 15 people from the Kavango, Zambezi, or \/\/Kharas regions.<\/p>\n

Rukoro and his splinter group have been involved in a succession drama with Muinjangue and Kauandenge for months.<\/p>\n

The situation escalated when Rukoro\u2019s splinter group held a congress last month, during which he was elected as Nudo\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

Kauandenge and Muinjangue\u2019s leadership took legal action against Rukoro and his group for holding a congress in the party\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

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