Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu has urged residents to show up in numbers at founding president Sam Nujoma’s memorial service at Katima Mulilo on Sunday.
The service is expected to be held at the Katima Mulilo Sports Complex.
Sampofu says Nujoma did so much for Namibia and deserves a fitting send-off.
“Founding president Sam Nujoma has liberated the country and also united its citizens, who have been divided by colonialism.
“Therefore, he deserves a well-attended memorial service that will honour his sacrifices,” he says.
Sampofu says Nujoma’s body will arrive at Katima Mulilo Airport at 11h30, and will be received by minister of urban and rural development Erastus Uutoni.
Uutoni has been assigned by president Nangolo Mbumba as the region’s representative.
Sampofu says the procession will kick off from the airport, travel to town on the Trans-Zambezi highway, turning into the Sam Nujoma Road, and then enter Ngoma and Hospital roads.
The procession will then turn into Dr Hage Geingob Street and travel to the sport complex for the memorial service at 14h00.
Sampofu says those who can afford to bring people from the villages to the service at their own expense should do so.
“We would also like to appeal to bar owners to remain closed for the whole of Sunday until Monday morning.
“Residents attending the memorial service should also ensure they are not armed with any dangerous weapons.
“The man we are bidding farewell was a unifier and a peace maker.
“Therefore we would like the memorial service to be peaceful,” he says.
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