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Girls Shunned After Fires Court If Government Attorneys Did Not Respond to an Answering CEO to Return Affidavit Before 13:00 on Tuesday THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2020 NEWS 3 • CHILDREN’s eDUCATION AT RISK statement. Lawyer Silas Kishi- Suspended Shakumu, who represents them, said in a letter to Uutoni - dated 11 April - that they will lodge an Okahandja urgent application at the High Girls shunned after fires Court if government attorneys did not respond to an answering CEO to return affidavit before 13:00 on Tuesday. to work Suspended without pay Kishi-Shakumu said the council- lors should be reinstated uncon- JANA-MARI SMITH AND ditionally and with immediate OGONE TLHAGE effect. WINDHOEK “Our clients were suspended without remuneration and ben- Okahandja municipal CEO efits as early as 16 March. Despite Martha Mutilifa, who has been various attempts to have the on suspension with pay for six matter resolved amicably, your months, is set to return to office clients were not forthcoming and this month. had no regard for our clients’ po- This following a decision to lift sition.” her suspension while investiga- He further said the attorneys tions into allegations of miscon- were using delaying tactics. duct continue. The government attorneys had On Monday afternoon, Mutilifa informed Kishi-Shakumu in confirmed she had been informed writing that they had been un- of the decision, but had not yet able to file an answering affidavit, UP IN FLAMES: Two families at Epandulo and Oniihandi lost everything after mysterious fires engulfed their home- received the official letter. and requested to postpone the fil- steads. PHOTO: ILENI NANDJATO Linus //Garoeb confirmed the de- ing to 30 June. velopment this week, saying he This was, however, shot down. Two northern families via Erastus lost everything in fires the girl is not coming back,” she could not confirm a date, but said Mutilifa was suspended in Janu- believe that the teenagers that started last November, they said. she “will be reinstated anytime ary over allegations of abuse of then decided to send the 16-year- “Let the girl just stay at her now”. funds, fraud, corruption and in- were being “followed” by old girl away, and the fire apparent- mother’s family because we do not subordination that involves dubi- house fires wherever ly followed her to her new home. want to see her again. My moth- Council dissolved ous land sales. Marina Shoopala said they had er is going through difficult time //Garoeb has been tasked with The allegations included a 30 they moved. to send the girl away. and she needs counselling. We do implementing urban and rural 000-square-metre piece of land, “The girl is my brother’s child not want her to see that child or development ministry directives worth millions, being sold for a ILENI NANDJATO and we have been staying with get near her any longer,” Shoopala following former minister Peya mere N$90 000, it was reported. ONDANGWA her since she was two years [old]. added. Mushelenga’s decision to dissolve //Garoeb this week said Mutilifa When the fire started, it first burnt and suspend the entire Okahand- had not yet been charged and he saga of the mysteri- down my mother’s sleeping room, Oniihandi ja municipal council. that “if you don’t charge a person ous fires that engulfed the which was a traditional hut and The Oniihandi fire started when At the time, the minister cited within a reasonable time, you Thomes of two families in the that is where they were all sleep- children from the late Eliaser Kot- gross mismanagement, lack of have to reinstate that person”. north has taken a new twist. ing.” ried’s homestead went to visit their accountability and poor service He clarified that the lifting of the The unrelated families now uncle Jailus France Shikale’s house delivery for his decision. He also suspension does not signal the claim that the fires stopped after Burnt down again on 30 December in the same vil- accused the council of insubordi- conclusion of the investigation. they sent away two girls, whose ed- “It burnt down completely, but lage and a storeroom burnt down. nation. ucation is now at risk. people who were in the house The following day, another fire The ousted councillors are mayor Contract extension With schools expected to resume managed to rescue some of my be- burnt down four sleeping rooms at Johannes ‘Congo’ Hindjou, dep- A statement issued by the Oka- fully soon, the families are ada- longings. Nobody knew where the Kotried’s homestead. uty mayor Hileni Iita, manage- handja Residents Damage Con- mant that the girls can no longer fire came from. A day later, another fire burnt ment committee chairperson trol Committee (ORDCC) in late return and attend the schools they “This room was then replaced down four more sleeping rooms. Gideon Uwu-Khaeb and man- May alleged that plans were afoot used to be educated at. with a corrugated iron room, “In January, different rooms agement committee members to extend Mutilifa’s contract for After the families, one hailing which again mysteriously burnt burnt for six consecutive days and Helmi Maruru and Sophia Up- another five years, starting this from Epandulo village near Eheke down,” Shoopala said. in March the fire went back to Un- ithe (all from Swapo), as well as September. in the Oshana Region and the oth- “We later learnt that everywhere cle Shikale’s home when the girl opposition councillors Frederick Attempts to obtain confirmation er from the Oniihandi village at we put her belongings burnt down, went for a visit again. Shimanda and Sylvia Karuombe. from the ministry have been un- Oniipa in Oshikoto, lost all their which made us suspect that the “From there, we realised the fire successful. belongings and suffered damage fire was following her. We later was following her. We decided to Delaying reinstatement The ORDCC noted that such an to their properties, they started sent her to her mother’s family and send her to her mother’s house at Meanwhile, the suspended coun- action would be “shocking be- investigating. the fire followed her again.” Onayena. The following day we cillors have accused government yond belief for a variety of rea- Both families came to the con- Shoopala said after sending the were informed that the fire start- lawyers of delaying their rein- sons”. clusion that two girls, aged 11 and girl to her mother’s family in the ed there and it destroyed the whole 16, were being “followed” by the Onkumbula area of Oshikoto, they house,” a family member said, who mysterious fires. didn’t experience a fire again. spoke on condition of anonymity. “Unfortunately, we are receiving “Now we have decided that she Epandulo calls from that family that their must just stay there, because we CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT After the family of 71-year-old Fla- house is burning. We decided that have already suffered enough.” FUND BILL GATHERS DUST KENYA KAMBOWE prior to the tabling of the bill and the PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE RUNDU response was positive. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT Cabinet decision Stubenrauch Planning Consultants (SPC) hereby give notice to all potentially Interested and Affected It has been six years since the Con- Stubenrauch Planning Consultants (SPC) hereby give notice to all potentially Last Friday, Margret Mensah-Wil- Parties (I&APs) that an application will be made to the Environmental Commissioner in terms of stituency Development Fund Bill Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs) that an application will be made to the liams, the former chairperson of the the Environmental Management Act (No 7 of 2007) and the Environmental Impact Assessment was tabled in parliament, yet the bill Environmental Commissioner in terms of the Environmental Management Act (No is still awaiting a cabinet decision. National Council and now Swapo Par- Regulations (GN 30 of 6 February 2012) for the following: PROJECT DETAILS: 7 of 2007) and the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (GN 30 of 6 The bill, which is an initiative of the ty member of the National Assembly, February 2012) for the following: National Council and was tabled on 18 asked about the status of the Constit- • Subdivision of Erf 980, Keetmanshoop into Erf A and Remainder; PROJECT DETAILS: February 2014, aims to fast-track de- uency Development Fund Bill during • Permanent Closure of Erf A/980 Keetmanshoop as a Street; velopmental activities at constituen- the budget vote for the urban and rural • Rezoning of Erf A/980, Keetmanshoop from Street to Business; • Cadastral rectification for Aimablaagte Community Hall and cy level and address the issue of some development ministry. • Subdivision of Erf 2459, Keetmanshoop into Erf B and Remainder; • Permanent Closure of Erf B/2459 Keetmanshoop as a Public Open Municipal Flats, Aimablaagte; constituencies being marginalised in Urban and rural development min- • Cadastral rectification for Public Open Spaces, Aimablaagte; terms of project funding. ister Erastus Uutoni replied that the Space; • Rezoning of Erf B/2459, Keetmanshoop from Public Open Space • Cadastral rectification for Church, Aimablaagte Mariental. The bill was prompted by the con- cabinet had discussed the matter last to Business; stant criticism that regional constitu- year and that the cabinet treasury com- • Consolidation of Erf A/980 and B/2459 into Consolidated Erf X. The proponent intends to undertake several cadastral rectifications and ency offices are not spearheading de- mittee was dealing with it. re-planning on the ground in Aimablaagte, Mariental. velopment. Uutoni said that the matter was also The proponent intends to create two new erven by subdividing Erven 980 and 2459 respectively. This will enable the proponent to permanently close Erf A/980 as street and permanently close Erf However, constituency offices have discussed in March this year and pro- The Proponent: Mariental Municipality limited budgets and the funding for gress was being made but it was still B/2459 as a Public Open Space.
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