President Hage Geingob on Tuesday ordered that all food meant for Very Important Persons (VIPs) at the 33 Independence celebrations instead be distributed to the members of the public, as there was not enough food.

Geingob after delivering his speech at the celebrations held at Outapi in the Omusati Region, said: “There is not enough food for the public and VIPs must forget their lunch. You can afford to buy your own food.”

There were six marquee tents where lunch was supposed to be served to the VIPs. All the food was instead given to members of the public.

The event was very well attended, surpassing the estimated number of close to 20 000 people expected to attend.

Omusati Regional Governor Erginus Endjala, earlier, could not contain his happiness at the big turnout, saying he had expected fewer people to attend.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency