"The other day, we got very bad news of the death of H.E. Geingob, our brother, President of Namibia. It is a great loss for Namibia and Africa," President Museveni posted on X Monday, February 2.
Taking to X on Monday afternoon, Museveni reminisced about his conversation with the Namibian Liberation Movement.
"It is a great loss for Namibia and Africa. I have been working with SWAPO, the Namibian Liberation Movement, for the last 57 years, starting with 1967. Initially, I used to interact with SWAPO youth from Kurasini in Dar-es-Salaam, led by a fellow youth by the name of Kalwenya Omatene, who, I came to understand died of natural causes before Namibia’s Independence," the president wrote.
"Those youth linked me to Mzee Sam Nujoma, the President of SWAPO, in their offices towards the Upanga area. We used to organize lectures and solidarity meetings for the Liberation Movements at the university to demystify the idea that the oppressive Whites in Africa could not be defeated by African arms and inform the Africans of the efforts of their brother freedom fighters of Southern Africa and Guinea Bissau."
The Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, described the fallen Namibian president as an icon of the struggle to free Namibia from brutal repression by colonialism.
"My thoughts and sympathies go out to the brotherly people of Namibia for the profound loss of His Excellency Dr. Hage Geingob, President of Namibia," he posted on X. "Dr. Geingob was an icon of the struggle to free Namibia from the brutal repression of colonisation and Apartheid in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Our sincere condolences on the loss of this great son of Africa."
Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer.