Mwandingi hopes for quicker Kaperu investigation Namibia Wrestling and Boxing Control Board vice-chairperson Philip Mwandingi hopes that the investigation into suspended chief administrator Joe Kaperu will be wrapped up before the end of the year. Kaperu was suspended earlier this month for alleged insubordination.
Mwandingi said the board appointed an independent investigator to look in the matter and make a ruling.
In an interview Philip Mwandingi said: “We hope that the investigation will be completed in due course, so that we can make a decision.
“However, Kaperu has not been making things easy given that he has failed to respond to our letters.
“The board wanted to hear his side of the story, but he has not been cooperating with any of us or even the investigator. If he is innocent, the board will reinstate him.”
Mwandingi added that people should not think that the decision to suspend Kaperu was made by board chairperson Ellison Hijarunguru alone.
“I know there people with assumptions that Kaperu was suspended by the board chairperson because of personal vendettas. However, that is not the case given that the board made a collective decision after our findings.
“It is also strange that Kaperu keeps insisting that he does not know why he was suspended even after we attached a letter with his suspension to him.”
When contacted for comment, Kaperu maintained that he was still in the dark about the situation.
“I am not in town now, but I will find out from my lawyers on the matter and then I will get back to you by tomorrow,” Kaperu said.
Edgard Modise is the acting chief administrator until the matter between Kaperu and the boxing board is solved.
JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA