Mishake Muyongo

Mishake Muyongo

Mishake Muyongo (born April 28, 1940) is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is currently living in exile in Denmark.

Muyongo was born in Linyanti. In September 1964 Muyongo became President of the Caprivi African National Union (CANU) when its leader Simbwaye was arrested and disappeared in South-African custody. Muyongo escaped to Zambia during a South-African raid at the CANU office in Katima Mulilo. While living in exile in Dar es Salaam, Muyongo negotiated a merger with Sam Nujoma's South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party. Both parties would fight together to liberate Namibia from South-African rule. Muyongo held various positions in SWAPO before he was expelled in 1980: representative in Zambia (1964-'65), educational secretary (1966-'70), SWAPO Vice-President (from 1970).[1]

In 1985 Muyongo led his CANU into a new political party, the United Democratic Party which soon joined the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) group of parties but was expelled again in 1998 after rumours of secessionism surfaced.[2] He was a member of the National Assembly from 1990 to 1999. In the 1994 presidential election he placed second, behind President Sam Nujoma, with 23.08% of the vote.[3] After Muyongo expressed support for Caprivi secession in 1998, he was suspended from the DTA in August 1998 at an extraordinary meeting of the party's executive committee.[4] Muyongo fled the country with the former governor of Caprivi Region, John Mabuku.[5] He was replaced as DTA President by Katuutire Kaura, who called for Muyongo to be brought back and put on trial.[6]

While Muyongo fled and found exile in Denmark, the Caprivi treason trial is on-going in Namibia.[7] Allegedly Nujoma agreed to an independent Caprivi, once SWAPO succeeded in winning Namibian independence.[8]

References

  1. ^ Klaus Dierks Biography of Mishake Muyongo.
  2. ^ "Caprivi political party declared illegal". afrol News/IRIN. 2006-09-11. http://www.afrol.com/articles/21239. 
  3. ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 428.
  4. ^ "Namibia: Opposition party reportedly suspends leader", SAPA news agency (nl.newsbank.com), August 25, 1998.
  5. ^ "Namibia: Mabuku Dies in Exile". The Namibian (AllAfrica.com). 2008-07-16. http://allafrica.com/stories/200807160687.html. Retrieved 2008-08-02. 
  6. ^ "Namibia: Party leader says ex-opposition leader Muyongo should return, be tried", NBC Radio, Windhoek (nl.newsbank.com), October 31, 1998.
  7. ^ High Treason Suspect Muyongo’s fate to be determined by the UNHCR, November 2001.
  8. ^ 'SECRET' Nujoma-Muyongo document surfaces,The Namibian, January 24, 2007.

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