Honourable Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Speaker of the National Assembly, Your Lordship, Peter Shivute, Chief Justice, Honourable Members of Parliament, Honourable Lukas Muha, Chairperson of the National Council, Comrade Sophia Nahango Shaningwa, Secretary General of the SWAPO Party, Distinguished Members of the Media, Fellow Namibians,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Good afternoon.
I have the honour to welcome you all to this first engagement after being sworn in, as the fifth President of the Republic of Namibia. As I have indicated last year after the Presidential Elections, the people of Namibia gave me and the SWAPO Party an overwhelming mandate to govern
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