Update: After Death Of Hage Geingon, VP Mbumba Has Been Sworn In As New President

Dr. Nangolo Mbumba has been sworn in as the fourth President of Namibia.

He was sworn in on Sunday by Chief Justice Peter Shivute in Windhoek, the country’s capital.

At the early hours of Sunday February 4th 2024, we reported that the Namibian government had announced that President Geingob had died at the Lady Pohamba Hospital, a private hospital in Windhoek.

He died at 82 weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer.

The former Acting President, Mbumba, who announced the death of the late President on Sunday, said the nation had lost its pillar and the chief architect of its constitution.

According to him, the President died despite the best efforts of his medical team to ensure his recovery.

Mbumba said the President’s wife, Monica Geingos and his children were by his side when he passed on.