Katjavivi mum on genocide…shrugs off ‘Judas’ tag
2021-06-03
Mumbuu
National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi declined to be dragged into the genocide deal, where the Namibian and German governments purportedly reached a N$19 billion settlement.
Approached by journalists outside Parliament on Wednesday, he said the genocide matter would be dealt with by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila next week when the National Assembly resumes.
Katjavivi, one of the most senior lawmakers in Namibia, is a descendant of the Ovaherero people, who, alongside their Nama compatriots, were massacred between 1904 and 1908. At least 80 000 Herero and 10 000 Nama people were killed by colonial Germany when they resisted the colonial occupation.