WINDHOEK - Four new Swapo leaders were sworn in
as members of the National Assembly yesterday to replace former cabinet
ministers Bernhardt Esau and Sacky Shanghala, among others. The two ministers
were withdrawn from both the current parliament as well as the gazetted list of
MPs for the new government starting 21 March this year.
Former youth minister Jerry
Ekandjo and Sebastian Karupu were also replaced following their sudden
resignations from the National Assembly recently. The incoming four MPs from the
Swapo list of 2014 replaced the four parliamentarians. They included
businesswoman Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun, former information minister Joel
Kaapanda and Omaheke Swapo leader Festus Marenga. Former home affairs minister
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana also became a voting member, necessitating President
Hage Geingob to appoint Swapo Party Youth League leader Ephraim Nekongo as a
non-voting member. Chief Justice Peter Shivute swore them in.
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