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Unrepentant Nguare Vows He Has No One To Mend Fences With
 
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Fri, 7 Aug 2015   ||   Namibia, Windhoek
 

Expelled Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) leader Dr. Elijah Ngurare says he doesn't need to apologize for any of the activities that led to his expulsion from the ruling party.

In the same vein, he accused Swapo of going out of its way to appease some party members with fishing quotas and EPLs (exclusive prospecting licences), apparently "to silence them".

Ngurare made the remarks when he spoke at a public forum organised by the Windhoek Observer on Wednesday night. He spoke on a raft of issues pertaining to his expulsion from Swapo and matters related to the sensitive land question.

Ngurare was kicked out of Swapo primarily for his links to the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement, led by the outspoken Job Amupanda.

"I will not plead or beg for anyone to be reinstated. They can take away everything but one thing they cannot take is the oxygen we breathe because it is for all of us, even those in State House," said a defiant Ngurare.

He said he was also not concerned about any possible attempts to remove him from the several boards he currently serves on. He serves on the boards of Namdeb Holdings, Africa Online, MultiChoice Namibia, Kalahari Holdings and the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater).

"If those things are taken away, it does not concern me one bit," he said.

Ngurare told of how an attempt was made to lure him into joining the club of fishing quota and EPL holders.

"I was enticed by being afforded the chance to go to parliament or to have fishing quotas and EPLs, but I declined those offers," said Ngurare.

Ngurare said: "This is an indirect way of imprisoning your conscience because they think by giving you luxuries they have a stranglehold on you."

He also claimed that there are some top government officials working "underground" to sabotage the recently clinched mass land clearing and servicing deal, between the government and the AR movement.

"We know there are some people in the government working hard to make sure the agreement does not succeed. I appeal to all patriots in government, who are thinking of sabotaging the project, to put the interest of the nation first, because the failure of this project will be in nobody's interest," he pleaded.

 

 

 

 

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