{"id":80962,"date":"2024-11-22T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/mbumba-preaches-peace-ahead-of-elections"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:52:00","slug":"mbumba-preaches-peace-ahead-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/mbumba-preaches-peace-ahead-of-elections","title":{"rendered":"Mbumba preaches peace ahead of elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>President Nangolo Mbumba has urged voters in the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections to cast their ballots peacefully on Wednesday to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n<p>He made these remarks at State House yesterday during the donation handover of smart screens and tablets by Huawei Technologies Namibia to Oshigambo and Alpo Mauno Mbamba high schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that we will exercise our democratic right of voting peacefully as we have been doing all these years \u2013 in a dignified, fair and free manner,\u201d he pleaded.<\/p>\n<p>The President expressed hope that voters will turn up en masse to exercise their democratic rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that all of us who are present here have registered, and will be going out on Wednesday in full force to do our patriotic duty as citizens by casting our votes for the presidential and parliamentary candidates and parties of our choice to further strengthen our democracy,\u201d Mbumba said before moving to the donation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trust that the regional education directors present here, together with the chairpersons of the school boards and the principals, will ensure \u2013 under the guidance of the custodian minister and the executive director of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, and with assistance from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, where needed \u2013 that these donations are put to good use, taken care of, and used to empower our students to become technology-proficient,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised the importance of embracing rapid technological advancements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first step in the right direction to encourage technology know-how, innovation and creativity in our schools through teaching aids, which Huawei Namibia has donated to the value of N$900 000. I trust this will mark the beginning of a fruitful relationship between Huawei and our education sector, and will hopefully be replicated in other schools in the future,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei managing director Zhang Qiyan noted that the donation aims to promote digital literacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe donation of technological equipment to Namibia\u2019s most excellent schools underscores Huawei\u2019s commitment to supporting Namibia\u2019s educational transformation, and advancing the country\u2019s digital transformation in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei, a global leader in information and communication technology, operates in more than 170 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach school will receive two Idea Hub screens and 20 tablets for their teachers and students to enhance education and digital interaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy education minister Faustina Caley received the donation, noting that it has come at the right time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. President Nangolo Mbumba has urged voters in the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections to cast their ballots peacefully on Wednesday to strengthen democracy. He made these remarks at State House yesterday during the donation handover of smart screens and tablets by Huawei Technologies Namibia to Oshigambo and Alpo Mauno Mbamba high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-80962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mbumba preaches peace ahead of elections - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/mbumba-preaches-peace-ahead-of-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mbumba preaches peace ahead of elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. 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