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I was not pressured to quit - Hainghumbi

- ■ Obrein Simasiku - osimasiku@nepc.com.na

OMUTHIYA – Grootfonte­in municipali­ty finance executive Ileni Hainghumbi says his exit from the local authority was planned the moment he joined 12 years ago.

Hainghumbi tendered his resignatio­n at the beginning of

this month. “In fact, I should have left in 2018 when I reached a 10-year tenure steering the work agenda at the municipali­ty, as that was my plan when I started working. I started in October, 12 years ago, hence the reason I am leaving in the same month,” he said. He further vowed not to retract his resignatio­n as advised by some colleagues and council members.

On Tuesday, Nampa reported that council has already deliberate­d and approved the resignatio­n.

Hainghumbi’s last three years have been rough and bumpy, as he was embroiled in disputes with his superiors to an extent that in January 2019, he was suspended for insubordin­ation relating to effecting payments estimated at more N$500 000 without approval.

He was later reinstated in April.

Hainghumbi, however, maintained the disciplina­ry charges and infighting was not the reason behind his resignatio­n.

“I was unfazed since all the disputes started. Like I have been saying, it was some personal attack and nothing really of organisati­onal concern. I should thank council also for having kept and worked together to this end,” he said.

Asked on the way forward, he said, “I have been doing business; I am going to focus full-time and strengthen the empire.”

Charges against Hainghumbi were dropped last month after the governor of Otjozondju­pa, James Uerikua, intervened with the hope of finding an amicable solution to the impasse at the local authority.

 ??  ?? Leaving… Ileni Hainghumbi
Leaving… Ileni Hainghumbi

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