National Council concurs with Ekandjo’s Bill

Stefanus Nashama A majority of the members of the National Council backed and concurred with the Private Member’s Bill tabled by SWAPO member of parliament Jerry Ekandjo, that seeks to amend the Immigration Act to clearly define the word ‘spouse’ in alignment with Namibia’s definition of marriage. Ekandjo introduced the bill earlier this month. It is aimed at invoking Article 81 and 45 of the Namibian Constitution and essentially contradict a decision by the Supreme Court of Namibia and assert the representative nature of the National Assembly and to provide for incidental matters. The bill was passed in the National…