Geingob confers State Funeral on Rukoro

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 18 JUN (NAMPA) – President Hage Geingob has conferred a State Funeral on the late Ovaherero Traditional Authority Chief, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro, the Presidency announced on Friday.
Rukoro died in the wee hours of Friday, after two days in a Windhoek hospital where he was battling the deadly coronavirus, dubbed ‘the invisible enemy’.
He was 66.
“Under the powers vested in the President by Article 32 (3)(h) of the Namibian Constitution, read together with section 3(1) of the Con ...