Party members question Kathindi's honesty

Members of the Swapo party's Swakopmund district have questioned how businessman Sylvanus 'Bobboh' Kathindi was elected as district information secretary as he has a criminal past.

Besides the question from party members, the Namibian Police also questioned how Kathindi produced a clean certificate of conduct, yet he was jailed by the High Court for diamond theft in 1991. Party sources said being information and mobilisation secretary is a powerful and responsible position that requires honesty and transparency. The incumbent is responsible for gathering, analysing, publishing and disseminating information on the social, economic and political realities of the region, and is required to propagate, explain and defend the policies of the party.