{"id":110071,"date":"2025-02-09T08:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T08:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/president-ruto-mourns-namibias-founding-leader-sam-nujoma\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T08:02:59","slug":"president-ruto-mourns-namibias-founding-leader-sam-nujoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-mourns-namibias-founding-leader-sam-nujoma\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto mourns Namibia\u2019s founding leader Sam Nujoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has sent a message of condolence to the people of Namibia following the passing of their founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto described Nujoma as a selfless, courageous, and visionary leader who dedicated his life to the liberation and development of Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand in solidarity with the people of Namibia in mourning the passing away of their founding President, Dr. Sam Nujoma,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of State extended his sympathies to Nujoma\u2019s family and the entire nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and love are with the family and the people of Namibia at this time of grief. Rest in peace, Africa\u2019s hero!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nujoma, who led Namibia\u2019s struggle for independence and became its first President in 1990, is remembered for his role in shaping the country\u2019s post-colonial governance.<\/p>\n<p>He passed away on February 8, 2025 while receiving treatment at a hospital in Windhoek.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/president-ruto-mourns-namibias-founding-leader-sam-nujoma\/\">President Ruto mourns Namibia\u2019s founding leader Sam Nujoma<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has sent a message of condolence to the people of Namibia following the passing of their founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma. Ruto described Nujoma as a selfless, courageous, and visionary leader who dedicated his life to the liberation and development of Namibia. \u201cWe stand in solidarity with the people of Namibia in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}