Namibia: Uncouth Nujoma Embodies Entitlement

The arrogance, entitlement and self-enrichment of Namibia’s political leaders need to be reined in very soon.

Labour minister Utoni Nujoma this week responded with “go to hell” to a journalist asking about the minister of agriculture writing off N$19 000 of Nujoma’s land tax obligations.

More civilised, but no less entitled, was the response of official opposition leader McHenry Venaani.

“It is not Venaani going and lobbying for tax exemption. It is an automatic category that when a person is…