PRESIDENT Hage Geingob is set to be in the United States of America for 24 days as part of his 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly trip.
He will be accompanied by his key staff and seven ministers, a statement issued by State House spokesperson Albertus Aochamub said yesterday.
Geingob will leave tomorrow, and will be there up to 4 October. Although the United Nations General Assembly session opens on 13 September, the speeches will start on 20 September, with Geingob slated as the eighth speaker on 29 September.
While at the UN, Geingob is expected to meet presidents Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal and David Granger of Guyana.
On 19 September, the President will also attend the Clinton Global Initiative 2016 annual meeting under the theme “Partnering for Global Prosperity”. Aochamub said “accompanied by leading Namibian business persons and some Cabinet ministers, a series of meetings with the American business fraternity will also take place”.
According to the Presidency, key meetings in Washington include the roundtable discussion on 14 September and the address to the African Policy Forum the next day.
While in New York, the President will host the Namibia Business Forum, a teaser event for the full-blown investment conference which is set to take place in Windhoek in November.
The spokesperson said the President will also attend the US-Africa summit, which is organised by the US department of commerce and a philanthropist.
Geingob will be accompanied by First Lady Monica Geingos, international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, finance minister Calle Schlettwein, energy minister Obeth Kandjoze, economic minister Tom Alweendo,
industrialisation minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko, home affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana and labour minister Erkki Nghimtina.
According to Aochamub, the President will have other things to do besides the UN engagements. Among them is the public lectures at the University of Columbia in New York on 26 September, and at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston on 28 September.
“Some of the key themes that President Geingob will focus on relate to his vision for a new Africa with emphasis on transparency, effective governance, development reforms and constitutional democracy,” Aochamub said.
An investigation by The Namibian last year showed that Geingob made no less than N$2,4 million in travel allowances and flying more than 70 000 kilometres overseas at a minimum cost of N$3,5 million in aeroplane fuel.
His three-week trip to Cuba and the USA in 2015 qualified him for about N$270 000 in allowances.
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