Namibia: Mbumba receives presidential sash – Africa Links 24 2

President Nangolo Mbumba was officially conferred as Namibia’s fourth president on Saturday.

Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba handed over a sash to Mbumba, called the Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis, at a ceremony in Windhoek.

The sash symbolises Mbumba’s position as the highest authority in Namibia.

The ceremony normally involves an outgoing president handing the sash over to an incoming president, which has not taken place due to the circumstances in which…