Nudo leader Muinjangue, Geingob’s surprise appointnment

NUDO leader Ester Muinjangue has made history by being appointed as the deputy health minister in the new cabinet despite having contested against President Hage Geingob.

Muinjangue’s appointment comes a few days after Geingob told the media at State House that it does not make sense for him to appoint an opposition leader who stood against him in the 2019 Presidential elections.

Geingob said appointing any leader opposition into his cabinet was a waste of money.

Muinjangue, who has just attained PhD in social work, told Eagle FM Sunday that she would accept the appointment and that she had already spoken to and with his part leadership.

Asked what she had in mind for the health ministry since she was coming in when there was coronavirus, Muinjangue said that she believed the ministry has some plans in place.

She is one of the few surprises in Geingob cabinet that was appointed Sunday. Other surprises are the Bank of Namibia governor Ipumbu Shiimi who has now taken over the finance ministry. He takes over from Calle Schlettwein who has been moved to agriculture, water and land reform.

Shiimi unveiled the commemorative note on Saturday at State House when Geingob was inaugurated for his second five-year term.

Another surprise is Yvonne Daiseb who is now the justice minister after being moved from the law reform. Dauseb, like Muijangue, was a lecturer at Unam until her appointment to head the law reform when the disgraced Sacky Shanghala became the justice minister.

OUT

Charles Namoloh – Safety & Security

Penda ya Ndakolo – Defence

Tjekero Tweya – Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development

Stanley Simataa – ICT

Obeth Kandjoze – National Planning Commission

Maureen Hinda – Dep Home Affairs

Piet van der Walt – Deputy National Planning Commission

Alpheus !Naruseb – Agriculture

Samuel Ankama – Deputy fisheries

Theo Diegaardt – Deputy Agriculture, Water and Forestry

Billy Maningange – Deputy Defence

Tommy Nambahu – Deputy Environment and Tourism

Natangwe Ithete – Deputy Finance

Juliet Kavetuna – Deputy Health

Becky Ndoze Ojo – Deputy Higher Education

Engel Nawatiseb – Deputy ICT

Lidwina Shapwa – Deputy Justice

Erkki Nghimtina – Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation

Priscilla Boois – Deputy Land Reform

Bishop Zephania Kameeta – Poverty Eradication

Priscilla Beukes – Deputy Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare

Rev. Aino Kapewangolo – Deputy Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare

Sankwasa James Sankwasa – Deputy Works and Transport

Kilus Nguvauva – Deputy Works and Transport

IN

Jennelly Matundu – Deputy International Relations

Rear Admiral Peter Hafeni Vilho – Defence & Veteran Affairs

Iipumbu Shiimi – Finance

Verna Sinimbo – Deputy Industrialisation and Trade

Esther Muinjangue – Deputy Health 

Faustina Caley – Education

Yvonne Dausab – Justice

Hafeni Ndemula – Labour, Industrial Relations & Employment Creation

Emma Kantema-Gaomas – Sport, Youth & National Service

Emma Theofilus – ICT

NEW MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS

1. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & COOPERATION
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah & Jennelly Matundu
2. HOME AFFAIRS, IMMIGRATION, SAFETY & SECURITY
Frans Kapofi & Daniel Kashikola
3. DEFENSE & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Rear Admiral Peter Hafeni Vilho & Hilma Nicanor
4. FINANCE Iipumbu Shiimi
5. INDUSTRIALISATION & TRADE
Lucia Iipumbu & Verna Sinimbo
6. AGRICULTURE, WATER & LAND REFORM
Calle Schlettwein & Ana Shiweda
7. URBAN & RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Erastus Uutoni & Derek Klazen
8. HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
Kalumbi Shangula & Esther Muinjangue
9. EDUCATION, ARTS & CULTURE
Anna Nghipondoka & Faustina Caley
10. HIGHER EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Itah Kandjii-Murangi
11. WORKS & TRANSPORT
.John Mutorwa & Veicco Nekundi
12. ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY & TOURISM
Pohamba Shifeta
13. MINES & ENERGY
Hon. Tom Alweendo & Kornelia Shilunga
14. FISHERIES & MARINE RESOURCES
Albert Kawana & Sylvia Makgone
15. JUSTICE Hon. Yvonne Dausab
16. LABOUR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & EMPLOYMENT CREATION
Utoni Nujoma & Hafeni Ndemula
17. PUBLIC ENTERPRISES Hon. Leon Jooste
18. SPORT, YOUTH & NATIONAL SERVICE
Agnes Tjongarero & Emma Kantema-Gaomas
19. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Peya Mushelenga & Emma Theofilus
PRESIDENCY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY
Christine /Hoebes
MINISTER OF GENDER EQUALITY, POVERTY ERADICATION & SOCIAL WELFARE
 Disability Affairs
 Marginalised Communities
Doreen Sioka & Bernadette Jagger
Alexia Manombe-Ncube
Hon Royal /Ui/o/oo

 

OLD CABINET

• President: Hage Geingob
• Vice President: Nickey Iyambo (until February 2018), Nangolo Mbumba
• Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
  • Deputy: Peya Mushelenga (until February 2018), Christine ǁHoebes
  • Deputy: Maureen Hinda (until February 2018)
• Attorney-General: Albert Kawana
• Director General of the National Planning Commission and Minister of Economic Planning: Tom Alweendo (until February 2018), Obeth Kandjoze
  • Deputy: Lucia Iipumbu (until February 2018), Piet van der Walt
• Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry: John Mutorwa (until February 2018), Alpheus ǃNaruseb
  • Deputy: Theo Diergaardt
  • Deputy: Anna Shiweda
• Minister of Defence: Penda ya Ndakolo
  • Deputy: Billy Mwaningange
• Minister of Education, Arts and Culture: Katrina Hanse-Himarwa (until July 2019), Martin Andjaba (acting)^[8]
  • Deputy: Anna Nghipondoka
• Minister of Environment and Tourism: Pohamba Shifeta
  • Deputy: Tommy Nambahu (until February 2018), Bernadette Jagger
• Minister of Finance: Calle Schlettwein
  • Deputy: Natangwe Ithete
• Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources: Bernhard Esau (until 13 November 2019), Albert Kawana (acting)^[9]
  • Deputy: Chief Samuel Ankama (until February 2018), Sylvia Makgone
• Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare: Doreen Sioka
  • Deputy: Lucia Witbooi
• Minister of Health and Social Services: Bernard Haufiku (until December 2018), Kalumbi Shangula^[10]
  • Deputy: Juliet Kavetuna
• Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation: Itah Kandjii-Murangi
  • Deputy: Becky Ndoze-Ojo
• Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration: Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (until February 2018), Frans Kapofi
  • Deputy: Erastus Uutoni
• Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development: Immanuel Ngatjizeko (until February 2018), Tjekero Tweya
  • Deputy: Piet van der Walt (until February 2018), Lucia Iipumbu
• Minister of Information and Communication Technology: Tjekero Tweya (until February 2018), Stanley Simataa
  • Deputy: Stanley Simaata (until February 2018), Engel Nawatiseb
• Minister of Justice: Albert Kawana (until February 2018), Sackeus Shanghala (until 13 November 2019), Frans Kapofi (acting)^[9]
  • Deputy: Lidwina Shapwa
• Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation: Erkki Nghimtina
  • Deputy: Alpheus Muheua (until February 2018), Tommy Nambahu
• Minister of Land Reform: Utoni Nujoma
  • Deputy: Bernadus Swartbooi (until December 2016),^[11] Priscilla Boois (from December 2016)^[12]
• Minister of Mines and Energy: Obeth Kandjoze (until February 2018), Tom Alweendo
  • Deputy: Kornelia Shilunga
• Minister of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare: Bishop Zephania Kameeta
  • Deputy: Priscilla Beukes
  • Deputy: Reverend Aino Kapewangolo
• Minister of Presidential Affairs: Frans Kapofi (until February 2018), Immanuel Ngatjizeko (until February 2018), Martin Andjaba^[13]
  • Deputy: Christine ǁHoebes (until February 2018)
• Minister of Public Enterprises: Leon Jooste
  • Deputy: Engel Nawatiseb (until February 2018), Veikko Nekundi
• Minister of Safety and Security: Charles Namoloh
  • Deputy: Daniel Kashikolo
• Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service: Jerry Ekandjo (until February 2018), Erastus Utoni
  • Deputy: Agnes Tjongarero
• Minister of Urban and Rural Development: Sophia Shaningwa (until February 2018), Peya Mushelenga
  • Deputy: Derek Klazen
  • Deputy: Sylvia Makgone (until February 2018), Chief Samuel Ankama
• Minister of Veterans’ Affairs: Nickey Iyambo
  • Deputy for the recognition of the disabled: Alexia Manombe-Ncube
  • Deputy for the recognition of marginalised people: Royal ǀUiǀoǀoo
  • Deputy for the recognition of veterans of the fight for independence: Hilma Nicanor
• Minister of Works and Transport: Alpheus ǃNaruseb (until February 2018), John Mutorwa
  • Deputy: Sankwasa James Sankwasa
  • Deputy: Kilus Nguvauva