Venaani slams Geingob on Harambee

THE DTA of Namibia claims President Hage Geingob is not a consulting leader as he allegedly failed to approach political parties on the drafting of the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP).

Party president McHenry Venaani made the claim when opening a DTA executive committee meeting on Saturday. He said Geingob and the State House media team tried to portray the Head of State as a consulting leader by emphasising the apparent consultative nature during the development of the HPP. Geingob released the four−year Harambee Prosperity Plan during his State of the Nation Address in parliament on 5 April. Harambee is a Swahili word for “let’s pull together”. The plan outlines government’s planned developmental activities to 2020. The president of the official opposition however, welcomed the plan, saying the DTA acknowledges the prioritisation of the provision of basic services such as water and electricity.