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CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Report on the Political Activities of Mburumba Kerina December, 1966. Mburumba-Kerina: Who Is He? Mbur CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Report on the Political Activities of Mburumba Kerina December, 1966. Mburumba-Kerina: Who is He? Mburumbe Kerin& is thought to have been born around 1930-1932 in South West Africa of mixed German-Herero parentage as Erich William Getzen. No other information is available to this writer on his background until 1952 when Kerina is accused of having been a police informer. This charge was made ten years later by JariretunduKozongwizi, a consistent long-term critic. of Kerina, who alleged that at the time when Kerina was attempting to secure a passport from the South African Government "it was Getzen who had 'revealed' to-the Special Branch that the petitions of Chief Kutako were drawn by Berthold Himumuine and Clement Kapuuo; this was learned later from an African detective who was present at his 'interrogation. " Kozongwi i stated in 1962 that he and Charles Kauraisa confronted Kerina with this report to which Kerina reportedly replied, "The conditions w re then different."' (It has been definitely confirmed that neither Himumuine nor Kapuuo drew up any petitions for Chief Kutako in this early period.) By whatever means, Kerina in 1952 was granted a passport to become the first non-white from South West Africa to travel to the United States in recent times. A number of prominent Windhoek whites including Mr. Jungen Meinert, Mrs. John Meinart and Mrs. Harriet Harries attended a ceremony at the Windhoek Airport on the occasion of his departure, according to Kozongwizi.2 Another source identifies some of those attending as "prominent official members of the white conmunity."3 Kozongwizi refers to a press account of the meeting as stating, lj. Konzongwizi, "Differences Between SWANU and SWAPO," a typed memorandum dated June, 1962, p. 8. This charge does not appear elsewhere in available material critical of Kerina nor is it answered by -Kerina in such material. 2Konzongwizi, p. 7. 3Usigned, undated, confidential memorandum entitled "The Problem of Mburumba Kerina, alias Erich Getzen," p. 3. Although this memorandum is a questionable source because of its anonymity and lack of documentation, and while it is generally hostile to Kerina, it is relatively restrained, fairly objective in tone, and consistent with other sources. Page 2 "He condemned those who went overseas and spread false propaganda. 'The Government, Dr. Malan, Dr. Donges cannot be as bad as is made out; otherwise they would not have given me sy passport . .,' he said.,,I Kozongwizi who was present as chairman of the meeting confirmed the accuracy of this press account.2 On his arrival in New York Kerina reportedly attempted to identify himself with anti-apartheid circles but these were "suspicious" of his intentions. He entered Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in January, 1953. While a student he is said to have "felt himself to be the equal if not the superior of Nkrumah and other African leaders, and compared himself to Napoleon and to other great historical figures."'3 One source states that academically he "did poorly''4 while another states that he received no degree.5 Kerina does not defend himself at this point in available materials, but Lincoln University records state that he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957.6 In 1955 Kerina is quoted as allegedly stating that in view of his mixed parentage he was in a position to "go either with the Europeans or else with the Africans" depending upon who treated him best. By 1957 he is said to have dropped the name Getzen completely.7 Kerina generally uses the title of "doctor" which, according to one 1 Kozongwizi quoting "The Windhoek Advertiser," December 5, 1952. 2Kozongvizi, op. cit., p. 7. 3"The Problem of M. Kerina . .," p. 3. 4lbid. 5Ewald Katjivena, "Kerina, A Case History of Neurotism," an article appearing in "Solidarity," a SWAPO publication dated Nov.-Dec. 1965, p. 5. This source is hostile to Kerina. 6Verbal communication from the registrar, Lincoln University, 1966. 7"The Problem of M. Kerina . .," pp. 2, 3. Page 3 source,' he "assumed" and according to another,2 was bestowed as an award for "meritous and persistent devotion to the struggle of the Afro-Asian peoples" by a political body in Indonesia in 1962. Kerina does not clarify its origin but in any case it apparently is not an earned academic degree - Katjivena states that the news of the degree was conveyed from Kerina by telegram to a group of South West Africa students in the United States who were 'told to herald the event to "every living South West African" and to use this title henceforth. The students' reaction was described as one of amusement and questioning, "What's old Kerina up to this time?",3 At an undetermined point Kerina is known to have married a United States citizen identified in available sources only as Jane. It is understood they have two children. Kerina: Organizer of Political Parties Kerina assumed his first position with a political movement in 1956 while still a student when he joined the Reverend Michael Scott as a UN petitioner on behalf of the South West Africa Student Body.4 Ovamboland Peopies 'Organization (O.P.O.) This body, based on the Ovambo Tribe on the northern part of South West Africa, was organized in 1959 with Sam Numoma as president, and Kerina filed UN petitions on its behalf that year. When SWANU was organized later that year as a comprehensive nationalist movement Kerina chose not to join it because "it was l"The Problem of M. Kerina * . ,"pp. 2, 3. Katjive , op. cit., p. 6. 3"The Problem of M. Kerina . .., p. 1. 4Ruth First, South est Africa, Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1963, p. 200. Page 4 formed in my absence" and he was "ignorant" of its constitution and programme.1 Apparently instead of seeking information on the new party whichl was endeavoring generally to establish a national rather than tribalistic approach to colonialism, a dream consistently espoused by himself, Kerina without delay wrote to two O.P.O. leaders who had joined SWANU and were on its execut in the interest of national unity and the success of our struggle ... to transform the existing organization O.P.O. into a non-tribal party instead of joining the new organization SWANU f1. S.W.A.P.O. S.W.A.P.0. was formed in June 1960 out of elements of O.P.O. and the Chiefs Council with Kerina playing a key role in its formation. According to Kozongwizi, Kerina "appointed himself chairman."3 Numerous petitions were presented to the U. N. Committee on Colonialism by Kerina as chairman of SWAPO and a series of charges and countercharges ensued between SWANU and SWAPO during his. tenure. In November 1963 the National Executive of SWAPO removed him from his office as chairman and from membership reportedly because "Dr. Kerina has consistently shown that he has become unworthy and a disgrace to the membership of SWAPO .. Kerina denies this version vaguely stating that he "resigned" because of "questions of policy."5 Nujoma was president at the time . The same source that states that Kerina immediately mounted a campaign to secure a new 1. M. Kerina, "Kozongwizi Let Us Compete in Serving Our People and Not in Character Assassination," a mimeographed memo published in Dar-es-Salaam, Jan.'65,p.3. 2. Op. Cit. p. 2 3. Kozongwizi, p. 9 4. J. Kozongwizi, "On the South West Africa Liberation Front," a mimeographed memorandum issued in Dec. 1963, pp. 1, 2, quoting a SWAPO Executive Committee report signed by party Secretary-General I. Fortune. 5. Kerina, "Kozongwizi Let Us . , p. 4. Page 5 executive with N. Naxniriri as president, himself as chairman, and J. Ja Otto i as secretary-general. This effort was unsuccessful. At about the same time SWANU and SWAPO formed the S.W.A. Liberation Fr_9nt (SWANLIFF1.t which three other smaller bodies pledged support. Its purpose was coordination rather than merger. The two major consitutent party executive agreed that Kerina would be barred from participation. Only after Kerina had been removed was it possible for the two bodies to move toward establishing a more 2 unified approach to S. W. A. liberation. In a later U. N. petition , as an effort to minimize SWANLIF, Kerina informed the Committee on Colonialism that this body was dissolved 2 - 3 weeks after it was formed. However, a representative of the U. N. Secretary-General while visiting Bechuanaland some six months later pointed out the SWANLIF refugee scholarship program (whereby prospective students were channeled out of S. W. A. into E. Africa and to European and other countries) as an example of efficient organization and planning in sharp contrast to Kerina's own unsuccessful efforts to establish a parallel program.3 During the latter part of the period in which Kerina was SWAPO chairman apparently he was alsd a member of the staff of the Liberian mission to the U.N. During this period he leveled unsubstantiated charges against certain secretariat members, a matter discussed later in this report. Presumably the discredit arising from 1. Rib.., pp. 2, 3 2. U. N. Document A/AC.109/PET. 371, P. 7. 3. U. N. Document A/AC.109/L. 118, Annex, pp. 2-4... Page 6 this episode and his removal from SWAPO influenced him to leave New York for an extended period. His activities at this point are not clear and the following paragraph is a condensation from one source which is hostile to Kerina. It is very difficult to appraise the authenticity of some of the details. Presumably around the beginning of 1964 Kerina reportedly announced that he was flying back to S.
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