WINDHOEK: Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, on Wednesday, announced additional promotions of five senior officers to head various divisions within the force.
During the announcement ceremony held at the NamPol National Headquarters, Shikongo said the promotions aim at building a more responsible, loyal and committed force for the nation to ensure that Namibians are rendered quality services.
He said NamPol has so far promoted over 7000 officers between December 2023 and February 2024, noting that: ‘We are improving the lives of our members by promoting them for the hard work and dedication they put into the force, while at the same time ensuring that all appropriate structures in the organisation are filled.’
The officers promoted include Deputy Commissioner Petrus Swartz who was promoted to the rank of Commissioner and appointed as Head of Traffic Law Enforcement Directorate; Auster Linanga, former NamPol trainer at Simon Mutumba Mutumba Police Tra
ining Centre at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region who was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner and appointed as a Commandant of that police training centre.
Rehabeam Hengari who is also a former NamPol trainer at Simon Mutumba Mutumba Police Training Centre was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner and appointed to Head the Ceremonial and Recreation Division, Training and Development Directorate in Windhoek while Chief Inspector Ester Nghihalwa was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner and appointed as Head of Protocol Division in the Office of the Inspector General at the police headquarters.
Inspector Erickson Moshanah has been promoted to the rank of Chief Inspector and has been appointed as Head of the Police Conduct and Investigation Sub-division in the Zambezi Region.
On the sidelines with Nampa, Deputy Commissioner Hengari said he hopes to promote public education on the law, stating that, ‘One of the challenges faced by the Namibian Law enforcement is the public thinking they k
now the law and try to challenge the police.’
Source: The Namibia Press Agency