'*'TODAY: FAC'E TO FACE WITH SECURtTY HEAD PETER TSHEEHAMA * Africa South ust 10 Ar1D.Y Dlan dies in Rundu shoot-out A MEMBER of the new'Namiblan Defence Force was shot dead bya colleague yesterday evening at Divundu, east of Rundu. Namibian Police Commissioner Siggi Eimbeck confirmed yesterday that the matter had been reported to the police. Eimbeck further said a suspect was being held and that investigations were continuing. The Namibian learned that two soldiers, Bernatitus Tjombua and Johannes Shihepo, got involved in an argument. According to information that reached The Namibian, the soldiers picked up their rifles and started shooting at each other. It was alleged that Tjombua was fatally wounded in the shooting. However, Commissioner Eimbeck could not confirm whether the men were members of the Namibian Defence F-otce. Further details C)f the shoot-out were not available at thl! time of going to press. Bank' of Namibia. challenged on development role TR~ BANK of Namibia instead of focussing on the modern, found-at the homei of three white residents at Katima Mulilo. See story below. commercialise~ sector of the economy, should reach out and develop AMM~IT-ION the backward sectors ·of. the Namibian economy, the secretary general of the NPF"Benjamin Mabuku, said at a press conference yesterday. From statements made by the Fi­ to allocating credit to the govern­ nance Minister' during the second ment. reading of th~ Bank of Namibia Bill, "This is important to avoid the WHITES UP IN Mbuku .said, it · appeared as if the bank being an easy and ready source bank would follow the conventional of cheap credit to government with . line of playing a "regulatory role", the resultant monetary instability," , , We had expected the new bank to reiterated Mabuku, He questioned be imaginative and venturesome as the, criteria used in the appointment far as the backward sectors of our ofbank.'s board of directors and asked ARMS OVER economy are concerned," MabukU whether no Namibian: was available stated, The bank, the NPF man said, to ta,ke the position of Governor. should become a "developmentally • 'With the information that the relevant institution", bank would be staffed predominantly, The function of the Central Bank if not wholly, by expatriates one in a developing country as in Na­ wonders whether no N amibians were ntibia should be to develop sound available or interested or qualified t6 POLICE R.AIDS fInancial structures, said Mbuku, serve the bank," Mabuku empha- . The bank should further widen its sized. operational scope and establish links He called on the government to RAJAH MUNAMAVA between the banking system and the come up with a "coherent fIscal infomlal credit market. policy" with clearly defIned objec­ A NUMBER of Katima Mulilo's white residents are furious about confIrmed the 'take' at the homes of It should further promote rural tive and strategies to give meaning to police raids in search of illegal weapons at their homes over the past Richard Bark;er and the two Robert financial infrastructures and make coming budgets, Such a policy, he week. brothers, all residents ' of Katima credit accessible to these areas to said, would also enable the budget to Mulilo, counter the' 'prevalent syndrome of be an "active instrument of eeo-. One, Richard Barker, yesterday Police at Katima Mulilo seized a However; what is baffling is that fmancial urban bias' " Mabuku added, nomic policy", threatened to move to neighbouring . substantial amount of ammunition no arms were discovered during the He said the NPF wanted to know Mabuku encouraged the govern­ Botswana unless the paramilitary and hand grenades from the homes of searches and Inspector Gabes sus­ the extcnt to which the bank would ment to present projects to donors police stopped what he described as three white residents in the town a pects that the arms could be hidden be autonomous from government soon so that they did not forget the' . "unprofessional conduct" when week ago, elsewhere in the region. concerning decision-making. TIlls was pledges they made at the Donors' searching for illegal war materials in - The'head of the police paramili- . paliicularly important when it came Conference in New York the area, tary in the area, Inspector Nene Gabes, CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Weddings, Conferences, Cocktail Parties, Birthdays', Farewells . and many more! We have the "BANQUET FACILITIES" and· ',make ita special ; occasion everytime . Contact: Nela Trigo Catering Manageress TEL:. 3-7293 .FAX: 3-5139 / ., .' 2 FfiaaY 'f(ugust f O ",1 99t> THE 'NAMiBIAN , . , YOUR DAn ,Y GUIDE TO EVENTS WORLD-Wm E U~ f~r~e s pour into Saudi Arabia ,. as Iraq boasts of chemical weapons NICOSIA: The 15-member UN Secu­ sighted outside the entrance to the Gulf. , '\' ,.'", :: ','. ",'" ,,' BUSINESS FOR SALE rity Council on Thursday unanimously The nuclear-powered carrier Dwight D rejected Iraq's annexation of Kuwait FI, eeing ,. K~wa , it is Eisenhower, which passed through the OR RENT and demanded Baghdad give up its tiny ·······? d ie : irid~$e~: t ., •• ',.) Suez canal on Wednesday, was sailing n~igh bour. round the Arabian' penin sula. """",-""""",,'-, "",""''- Iraqi ally Yemen - the onl y Arab With French and British vessels on Very large shopping complex for sale or rent member on tIle council - swun g its meetings before t,he opening, it said. the way, about 50 Western warships in Ondangwa. voice behind the declaration demand­ Kuwaiti Emi r ' Sheikh Jaber al­ were in or approaching the Gulf, ing Iraq " rescind its actions purporting .Ahmed al-Sabah was among-the lead­ Turkey pu t its air force on alert and Included are almost new buildings with steel to annex Kuwait". ers. arri ving from exil e in Saudi Arabia. cancelled le ave. Local drivers return­ structures. There was no imm ed iate re acti on Kuwaiti offi cials have said he 'would ing from Iraq on Thursday reported from I,raq whose President Saddam refuseto sit at the sam e table with Traq is heavy Iraqi military movements near Location is very central and turnover is good. Hus-sein was wil dly cheered by the while they occupi ed hi s coun try . the border. " We saw concentrated National Assembly on the ann ounce­ An Iraqi delegation fl ew in for the military movement. ... " one said . Erf is very large and fenced all round. ment of an "eternal and inseparable summit, its se nior delegate saying the No Arab nation has publicly an­ There is lots of space for expansion. , merger". talks should focu s on whathe ca ll ed US nounced it would send troops to join a Witnesses at Ruweished border threats to Iraq. mooted multinational force to defend Ground is very even and clean and includes cross ing in Jordan . ..!!.sed by several First Deputy Prime Minister Taha Saudi Arabia. the world's biggest oil I hundred Westerners fleeing from Iraq , Ya; in Ramadan , speaking to the Iraqi ' exporter. aQlple space for parking. said Baghdad had shut its desert border News Agency, said Iraq wanted the Iraq's staunchest ally, Jordan, wh ich Also included is a three bedroomed house and to Westerners. summit " to confront overt US threats provided Iraq with a valuable overland , 'Hundreds 6f Arab nationals poured to the Arab nation and clear prepara­ route for its anns and other, imports accommodation for staff. through the border but four Swissair tions to carry -out aggressions against during its 1980-88 war with Iran, said it vehicles ,waiting in nO,.man 's land be­ Iraq". ' , was joining UN-ordered sanctions ,Price is v~ry favourable and can be negotiated. tween checkpoints to collect 109 pas­ Saudi King Fahd also arrived, only against its neighbour. sengers returned empty, after Iraqi offi­ hours after giving a rare and blunt Moscow, Baghdad's, former chief cials said Westerners could not leave. address to the nation. In it he called armourer, condemned Iraq's anne,xa­ Contact Mr S Sheya at telephone (06762) 85; Some people fleeing occupied Ku­ Iraq's invasion of Kuwait " the ugliest tion and called for a collec ~ive UN re­ or at PO Box 175, Ondangwa; OR ' wait through Saudi Arabia, avoiding aggression in modern Arab history ". sponse. Iraqi troops at the border crossing, Inside the kingdom, the Saudis A spokesperson said the Soviet Un­ Mr t Saunderson at telephone (061) 22·3048. perished in the desert when they ran out moved more tanks and art'illery to the ion would cons'ider military action if of petrol and water. Kuwait border where ali Iraqi army - organised by the world body. On , A Kuwaiti businessperson who made 100 OOO-strong accordin g to US eti­ Thursday a Soviet-guided missile car­ the trip told relatives he saw abandoned mates - was dug in. rier cruised fn the Strait of Honnuz at vehicles and bodies in the sand. Witnesses reported scores of ar­ the waterway's entrance. " With an intensifying mil itary build­ moured personnel carriers inoving With no oil flowing through Iraq's ARUP NAMIBIA up in the Gulf, the detention under northwards up the Gulf costal highway pipelines across Saudi Arabia and Tur­ guard in Iraqi hotels of Westerners but said there was no' sign that newly­ key, Baghdad appeared to have its trad­ -, CONSULTING ENGINEERS seeking to leave 'raised fears Baghdad arrived US troops had gone to the front. ing routes all but closed as the West might use them as bargaining chips .. US The US aircraft carrier Independ­ enforced a UN trade embargo over the diplomats were 'also prevented from ence ,and , support battle group was Kuwait invasion. Require a leaving. l- As US forces pouredinto Saudi Ara­ I PRIVATE SECRETARY bia, ordered by US /President George Bush to deter any attack.