EENDAMA, 23 NOV (NAMPA) – All People's Party (APP) vice-president Madala Nauyoma said the national cake would only be shared equally if Namibians realized the need to elect leaders who had their interests at heart.
Nauyoma said this on Saturday at Eendama village in the Okaku constituency of the Oshana region during the APP's first-ever meeting to be held in northern Namibia.
Several communities in Namibia are still neglected after independence on the basis that their affiliation to the ruling Swapo-Party is not visible.
Nauyoma, therefore, urged the electorate, especially those from neglected communities, to be wise and to vote for those leaders who would serve them well during this coming weekend's Presidential and National Assembly elections.
He also believes that it is high time for the Namibian electorate to get rid of ‘business as usual’, which has become the order of the day in the country.
“People have lost hope here, we need fundamental change from business as usual,” Nauyoma charged, adding that his party's membership will not allow a situation where only a few are with full stomachs, while many people go to bed on empty stomachs everyday.
He singled out the community of Eendama village as one of the communities that have never tested the fruits of independence, despite the fact that the area suffered atrocities by the then colonial forces during the previous era.
Nauyoma explained that more than 20 villagers were killed, and several houses destroyed by the colonial forces at Eendama's Onaalangate community centre in 1981.
“We need to create equal opportunities for all Namibians, irrespective of their political affiliation”, he told his audience of just more than 20 people, and also urged the electorate to vote for his party for change and equal opportunities.
Eendama is trailing behind in terms of community development as there is no potable water, electricity, clinic or proper road developed in the area since the country obtained independence some 19 years ago.
Leaders in the government of the day, according to him, are just stealing and abusing public money, while leaving the electorate to face imminent poverty after electing them into power.
A member of the Eendama community, Vilho Namene, addressed the meeting with tears running down the cheeks after recalling how the colonial forces killed people at the village in 1981.
