Hilarius Hamutenya
The Namibia Empowerment Fighting Corruption party (NEFC) will launch its first-ever election manifesto during its congress in Windhoek.
The party was established in 2020 by Kenneth Iilonga, its founding president.
Iilonga participated in the Local Authority and Regional Council election in 2020 in Walvis Bay.
He contested as the candidate for the Walvis Bay Urban Constituency which was won by Deriu Benson of Independent Patriots for Change (IPC).
Iilonga said his party’s manifesto will include people with disabilities.
”We did not see people with hearing challenges being nominated in the list of parliament despite we have so many people with qualification and talents. As per the ECN database, we see increasing numbers of them registered as voters. So we will be able to nominate two people from that group to add diversity,” he said.
At the congress, the party will also elect members to represent it in the National Assembly.
Iilonga added that NEFC is representing poor people, vendors who are being humiliated by the current government.
The party promises to provide a monthly grant of N$1 750 to unemployed people aged from, 18 to 59 if it wins the upcoming national election.
The party also want to reintroduce Bible study in government and the school system because the youth have turned to drugs and alcohol;
“We need all unemployed youth to join us in large numbers at this congress,” he said.
Stefanus Mathew, spospoken for NEFC, said the party will be joining Ally Angula, one of the independent presidential candidates in the November election.
“We hope that she wins so that our party can occupy four seats in the parliament,” he added.
Mathew said that Namibia is a beautiful country with abundant resources.
“We need to come up with agricultural projects to produce our own food and we need to come up with an idea of utilising the mining sector. We should come together and work as a team,” he urged
