JUST IN: Judge Boas Usiku of the High Court of Namibia has dismissed an urgent application by four Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) councillors to stop Windhoek’s City Council from conducting meetings scheduled today and tomorrow, 23 August 2022.
They approached the High Court of Namibian on an urgent application to stop the City Council from going ahead with a ‘vote of no confidence’ against the management committee, which is set to take place on August 23rd.
Judge Usiku stated that the applicants failed to meet the requirements of an interdict, adding that an interdict could not be granted as they failed to demonstrate the full requirements a court must consider whether or not granting such relief.
The lawyer representing the IPC councillors, Gerson Narib on the instructions of Sylvia Kahengombe, argued to stop the motion from being conducted, adding that the decision of the City Council to proceed with the debate that took place on 12 August 2022, was unlawful.
The application, which was filed on an urgent basis, was dismissed with cost. The four IPC councillors were ordered to pay the legal fees of the attorneys representing the City Council.
