Long-serving Namibian Police Inspector General (IG) Sebastian Ndeitunga has no political aspirations after his police career, which comes to an end later this year.

Ndeitunga, who turns 60 in August, first ascended to the top of the police ranks in 2005, an appointment sanctioned by then President, Hifikepunye Pohamba.

Seventeen years later, the man infamously known in the streets as ‘General Miniskirt’ for the unpopular comments he made about rape victims some years ago, is ready to go home.

“I’ve packed my bags and took the suitcase to the North. There are times that I need to go to a party and I don’t have the suits [because] they are in the North,” Ndeitunga said on Tuesday in an interview with Nampa.

More often than not, Ndeitunga has courted controversy over some utterances he made that were construed to be politically motivated.

Opposition political parties have accused him of politicising the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), allegations he denied vehemently throughout the years.

Now that he is going, he set the record straight on his next endeavour, after he hangs up his police badges and gloves and closes his decorated cabinet.

“I was a soldier, a police officer and now I will be a farmer. I am farming with crops and cattle but unfortunately, I was never resettled and didn’t have the cash to purchase a farm in the commercial area but I was lucky to have one of the traditional authorities, through Hompa Sitentu Mpasi – may his soul rest in peace – who at least gave me a piece of land,” Ndeitunga said.

The 59-year-old only has fond memories of his job, despite the insults it brought him.

The position earned Ndeitunga praise and criticism in equal measure.

“I will also miss the interaction with the public, the criticism that I get, positive criticism, some of them abuse me in the sense of making a lot of issues… The interaction, the education and the advice I got from the community is something that I will miss,” he said.

Ndeitunga also took time to allay the public’s fear around fuel shortages experienced by the force countrywide recently.

He blamed limited resources for the fuel struggles.

“The situation has been solved and we have filled up the tanks but you know our activities, on a daily basis, vehicles are running and we still have two months in between [before the financial year ends] particularly March to get the new budget. But the situation is not alarming. You should be confident that we are readily available, 24 hours a day,” he assured.

Source: Namibia Press News Agency