Stop your insults - Kantema-Gaomas
Youth ministry executive director Emma Kantema-Gaomas has bemoaned the trend of so-called activists using freedom of expression to insult leaders.
Speaking this past Friday during the official opening of a Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Kavango East regional executive committee meeting in Rundu, Kantema-Gaomas said platforms such as WhatsApp and Twitter are being used to insult leaders and not to build the nation.
She said there is nothing radical about insulting adults and urged the youth to distance themselves from such behaviour.
She said they should instead enter positions of leadership where they can influence policies.
“It is disheartening to observe a trend of the insulting our leaders who are in fact our elders, in our quest to apparently be radical, activists and hiding behind freedom of speech,” Kantema-Gaomas said.
“You will agree with me comrades that the current trend of insults will not take us to the Africa we aspire to. It is on this note that I advise the youth: Give the respect our elders deserve so that generations after us can emulate that very same respect we are currently portraying.
“I urge you to distance yourself from such behaviour and engage through relevant structures to provide your contribution or air your concerns for the Africa that we want.”
Kantema-Gaomas questioned the youth by asking them how they expect to be taken seriously and be regarded as competent future leaders, if they are not demonstrating their capacity. Making reference to the restructuring of Swapo structures, Kantema-Gaomas urged the youth to take advantage of the opportunity to enter into the structures and become part of decision-making.
“I am urging the young people to take up leadership positions in the party at district, branch and section level. By getting into leadership structures and positions, your voices will be amplified,” she said.
Kantema-Gaomas also urged the youth to refrain from factional politics. “I urge members to work in unity and fight for the ideology of the party, as well as the advancement of the agenda of the Swapo Party.”
KENYA KAMBOWE
Speaking this past Friday during the official opening of a Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Kavango East regional executive committee meeting in Rundu, Kantema-Gaomas said platforms such as WhatsApp and Twitter are being used to insult leaders and not to build the nation.
She said there is nothing radical about insulting adults and urged the youth to distance themselves from such behaviour.
She said they should instead enter positions of leadership where they can influence policies.
“It is disheartening to observe a trend of the insulting our leaders who are in fact our elders, in our quest to apparently be radical, activists and hiding behind freedom of speech,” Kantema-Gaomas said.
“You will agree with me comrades that the current trend of insults will not take us to the Africa we aspire to. It is on this note that I advise the youth: Give the respect our elders deserve so that generations after us can emulate that very same respect we are currently portraying.
“I urge you to distance yourself from such behaviour and engage through relevant structures to provide your contribution or air your concerns for the Africa that we want.”
Kantema-Gaomas questioned the youth by asking them how they expect to be taken seriously and be regarded as competent future leaders, if they are not demonstrating their capacity. Making reference to the restructuring of Swapo structures, Kantema-Gaomas urged the youth to take advantage of the opportunity to enter into the structures and become part of decision-making.
“I am urging the young people to take up leadership positions in the party at district, branch and section level. By getting into leadership structures and positions, your voices will be amplified,” she said.
Kantema-Gaomas also urged the youth to refrain from factional politics. “I urge members to work in unity and fight for the ideology of the party, as well as the advancement of the agenda of the Swapo Party.”
KENYA KAMBOWE
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