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Namibia's Official Opposition Party Ends Parliament Boycott

Southern Africa

by  |  on September 15th, 2010  |  1 comment

After a six-month boycott over last year November’s election results, nine politicians of the Rally for Democracy Party (RDP)  and Republican Party (RP) were sworn in as members of the National Assembly yesterday.

I must admit…that’s where I want the RDP (as the official opposition party) to be, representing the aspirations of its constituencies, and building a momentum for a vibrant opposition politics in Namibia.

 

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Ndumba J. Kamwanyah

Ndumba Jonnah Kamwanyah, a native of Namibia in Southern Africa, is an independent consultant providing trusted advice and capacity building through training, research, and social impact analysis to customers around the world. Mos recently Ndumba returned from a consulting assignment in Liberia in support of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
In his recent previous life Ndumba taught (as an Adjunct Professor) traditional justice and indigenous African political institutions in sub-Saharan Africa at the Rhode Island College-Anthropology Department.

He is very passionate about democracy development and peace-building, and considers himself as a street researcher interested in the politics of everyday life.
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