By Risco Lumamezi
IN the just ended National Executive Football elections held in Windhoek recently, Mr. Oscar Mulonda the current Chairperson of the Caprivi Soccer League was appointed by Namibia Football Association as the Executive member.
The troubled Caprivi region with lack of sports facilities was blessed to have Mr. Mulonda a talented, intelligent and multi-skilled football administrator who has a passion for it serving in the Namibian soccer administration.
The controversial football administrator who has been accused by a concerned group of remote controlling the management of soccer in the Caprivi region at a distance while studying in Windhoek, the re-elected President of NFA Mr. John Munjo appointed him.
The Caprivi Vision Sport established that Mr. Mulonda’s absence in the Caprivi region has caused a stir among the football supporters fighting to oust him from the leadership but he has proved that it is only the sky, which is the limit for him in terms of football and its administration.
The man is growing from strength to strength because of his recent appointment in the Namibia Football Association (NFA) as a National Executive member.
After the recent elections held on September 11, 2010 in Katima Mulilo, which NFA labeled as unconstitutional to oust him from the Chairmanship of the Caprivi Soccer League, he has continued to shame his perpetrators.
Mr. Muinjo the current National President garnered 13 votes against his opponent Mr.Ranga Haikali who got 3 votes only.
Who is Mulonda?
The career man was born on 17 March 1968 in the Caprivi region. He started school at Kaenda Primary in 1977 until 1983 when he completed his then Standard five (5). He proceeded to further his Secondary studies at Sikosinyana Secondary School from 1984 to 1986 where he completed his Standard eight (8).
In 1987- 88, he did his Standard nine (9) and ten (10) at Ngweze and Caprivi Senior Secondary Schools respectively. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Mulonda was temporally employed as a teacher at Batubaja and Sesheke Combined Schools. In 1992 to 1994, he studied towards a Diploma in Agriculture at Ogongo Agricultural College specialising in Animal Science.
Upon completion of his Diploma, he was employed as a Teacher at Max Makushe Secondary School in 1995 but he relinquished his post and joined the Ministry of Agriculture as an Agricultural Extension Technician later during the same year. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Mulonda left to pursue a Degree in Agriculture, specialising in Animal Science. He stepped from an Agricultural Extension Technician to an Agricultural Extension Officer.
He also studied towards a Post Graduate Diploma in Education with the University of Namibia in 2004 – 2008 through Distance Education.
In 2010, he was granted yet another study leave to study towards a Master of Science in Rangeland Resource Management, a new course offered by the University of Namibia in conjunction with Wits University of South Africa and Eduardo Mondlane of Mozambique. This is the reason why he left Caprivi Soccer League in the capable hands of his Vice Chairman Mr. Boston Likando. He is expected to go back by November this year.
Though his mandate has shifted to national level, he will always strive to assist the Caprivi region in all football matters through any elected Regional Executive Committee during his term of office. Below is Mr. Mulonda’s sport background and for those who doubted his authority in football, kindly find below his football career;
Sports Profile
Soccer administrative Career
October 2010: Namibia Football Association Member
2007 – 2010: Chairperson Caprivi Soccer League
2006 – 2007: Vice Chairperson Caprivi Soccer League
2003 – 2006: Chairperson of the Blacks Hawks Football club
1992 – 1994: SRC Sports Ongongo Agricultural College
1992 – 1994: Captain Soccer Ongongo Agricultural College
1993 – 1994: Tisan Executive Member
Playing Career
2000 – 2001: UNAM Neudamn Campus
1995 – 1998: Black Hawks FC
1992 – 1994: North Central Region Team, Ongongo College Team, Border Boys FC
1990: Caprivi Regional Team
1986 -1992 Black Hawks FC, Comet Riders FC and Sparks FC
Briefly, this is Oscar Mulonda’s Football Administration experience apart from his educational career.
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