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Original Post Date: 2010-09-15 Time: 14:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Toivo Ndjebela
Windhoek – A week-long trial of former director of elections, Phillemon Kanime, and two others with whom he is co-accused of election fraud has been set for May and June 2011.
Kanime, who had an ill-fated stint as director of elections at the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) between August 2003 and March 2008, faces fraud charges alongside Magnus Nangombe and Nicodemus Mingelus, his two co-accused.
The case emanated from the controversial manner in which Nangombe, who was vying for position of councillor during a local authority election at the then newly-proclaimed town of Omuthiya, was registered as a voter.
Nangombe, who is accused number one in the trial, was at the centre of the storm when his name appeared on the list of voters for the Omuthiya election in early 2008, amid allegations that he registered after the deadline.
Nangombe is a member of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and was nominated as that party’s candidate for the Omuthiya election, but there have been claims that he was out of the country when the deadline for registration passed and his name could therefore not have been on the list.
Kanime was dragged into the fiasco for his alleged role in getting Nangombe registered, a move that saw three senior officials at the ECN suspended, while Kanime, in a move by his appointing authorities, was granted ‘special leave’.
The three who were suspended – Deputy Director of Elections Ananias Elago, Chief Control Officer Hesekiel Shigwedha, who recently died when the car he was travelling in hit a concrete wall and burst into flames, and Mingelus, who worked as chief system administrator – were reinstated into their positions at the electoral body.
Kanime was not reinstated until the remainder of his five-year contract lapsed in August 2008.
He soon became a member of the RDP, and immediately climbed up the ladder to become a member of the party’s central committee.
The trial of the trio was pencilled in to begin yesterday in the Windhoek Regional Court, but could not kick off due to alleged lack of communication between State prosecution and the defence team of the accused.
State Prosecutor, Johnny Truter, yesterday told magistrate Sarel Jacobs that the State was not prepared for the kick-off of the trial because lawyers representing the three men had asked for a postponement when trial was set for January this year, but did not come back to him to inform him that they were finally ready for the showdown.
The case was postponed in January after one of the accused persons apparently failed to pay his lawyer in time for the trial. The lawyer did not show up at court when trial was to start, due to his client’s failure to settle the legal bill.
The State insists it needs witnesses to build up its case in the trial, but maintains that such witnesses are mainly in northern Namibia and they would have to be informed well in advance before they travel to Windhoek to testify.
Both Hennie Barnard, lawyer for Mingelus and Kanime and Albert Strydom, who is representing Nangombe, fumed at State’s request for postponement, saying further delays continue to milk the accused of a lot of money, while their rights to justice continue to hang in the balance.
Jacobs, in consultation with defence lawyers of the accused and the State prosecutor, set an ultimatum for the commencement of the trial and set May 30, 2011 as the day upon which it would kick-off.
The trial would last until June 3, in what promises to be a mouth-watering legal battle – the first of its kind and magnitude in Namibia.
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Original date published: 15 September 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009150729.html?viewall=1