Jerry Ekandjo – Windhoek Observer

18 Sep

Ekandjo pressures Mbumba to sign anti-same-sex marriage bill into law

ObserverNational Newsban and criminalise same-sex marriage, Christine Hoebes, Jerry Ekandjo

Erasmus Shalihaxwe Jerry Ekandjo, a Swapo member of parliament has accused President Nangolo Mbumba of going against the constitution for not signing the Private Members' Bill into law. The bill seeks to ban and criminalise same-sex marriage in Namibia. Parliament passed it in July of last year after Ekandjo moved the motion. On Tuesday, Ekandjo notified the minister in the presidency, Christine Hoebes to pass on his questions to Mbumba and explain why it is taking so long to sign the private members’ bill into law. He stated that Article 30 of the Namibian Constitution addresses the oath or affirmation…

08 Jun

Namibia is not for homosexuals – Ekandjo

ObserverMainJerry Ekandjo, Namibia is not for homosexuals - Ekandjo

Niël Terblanché Loide Kasingo, the Deputy Speaker of the Namibian Parliament had her hands full to keep order in the house during a notice of motion brought by Jerry Ekandjo against same-sex marriages. The veteran lawmaker and a member of the Constituent Assembly was very agitated about the fact that a notice of motion he intended to bring to the Parliament was removed from the schedule without his consent. “I had to spend several hours with various officials to get the motion back on the agenda,” he told the house. When prompted by the Deputy Speaker to proceed with his…

24 Oct

Shaningwa denies leaving CC meeting unceremoniously

ObserverNational NewsJerry Ekandjo, Shaningwa denies leaving CC meeting unceremoniously, Sophia Shaningwa

Martin Endjala The Swapo Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa in an interview with the Windhoek Observer stated that she did not storm out of the Central Committee meeting last Friday, but left the meeting as was arranged prior with the chairperson of the CC, party president Hage Geingob. She explained to the Observer that she had to catch a flight at 13h00 for her campaign elsewhere, and therefore informed Geingob that she’ll have to be excused if the meeting takes longer than expected. The central committee meeting only had one agenda point, which was to discuss Jerry Ekandjo’s request to be…

20 Oct

Geingob always showed mercy to Ekandjo

ObserverNational NewsGeingob always showed mercy to Ekandjo, Jerry Ekandjo

Martin Endjala The Presidency has taken exception to claims in a local English language daily the President Hage Geingob is deliberately working against Jerry Ekandjo to exclude him from the Swapo Party Vice President race. Ekandjo has lost on number of occasions against Geingob in Swapo election contests such as in 2015 and 2017. ‘’In the past irrespective of the defeats at Swapo Party congresses or the Electoral Colleges, President Geingob has repeatedly come to the rescue of Comrade Ekandjo,’’ the statement that was issued in response to claims by Swapo veteran, Nahas Angula that Ekandjo has reason to feel…

26 Apr

BTA leadership squabble far from over

ObserverUncategorisedBlouwes Traditional Authority, BTA leadership squabble far from over, Dawid Casius Gertze, Jerry Ekandjo, Johannes Benjamin Koopman

Staff Writer The Blouwes Traditional Authority has been involved in a long battle for recognition after the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development turned down the request to consider Johannes Benjamin Koopman, as chief of the authority five years ago. In 2010, an application to designate Salomon Kooper as the chief of BTA was filed at the then Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development which was approved in October the same year. However, according to documents the application was a breach of Section 4 and 5 of the Traditional Authorities Act and was subsequently withdrawn by…