VP Alupo in Namibia for President-elect Nandi-Ndaitwah inauguration

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Uganda's Vice-President Jessica Alupo arrived in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Thursday afternoon to attend the country's 35th independence anniversary and inauguration of the new president on Friday.

Alupo is representing President Yoweri Museveni.

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She will join other world leaders at the joint ceremony which will be held at the Independence National Stadium.

Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, will be sworn in as Namibia's fifth president and first woman to hold this position.

Upon arrival at Hosea Kutako International Airport, Alupo was received by Namibia's Deputy Minister for Gender, Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social welfare, Bernadette Maria Jagger and Uganda's High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Paul Amoru.

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Also present was Uganda's Honorary Consul to Namibia, Prince Joseph Ndaula, and Uganda's Military Attache to South Africa, Col David Richard Lumumba.

There were also other officials from Uganda's High Commission in South Africa and the Nambian Consulate in Windhoek. 

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Nandi-Ndaitwah is Namibia's incumbent vice-president and the president of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), a political party and former independence movement in the country.

She won the presidential election in December 2024 with 57.31% of the vote, beating 14 rivals.

Her victory extended SWAPO’s rule in Namibia since gaining independence from Germany in 1990.

Nandi-Ndaitwah is set to succeed Dr Nangolo Mbumba, who has served as interim president for a year since the death of the third President, Hage Geingob, in February last year. 

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