The late President Hage Geingob's direct and inclusive style of leadership made inroads among the traditional leadership and the grassroots people, whose impact will be felt for years to come.

This is how the leader of one group of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Dr. Hoze Riruako, remembers the late President.

Dr. Riruako says he has lost a friend as he and Ovaherero community chiefs offered condolences to Madame Monica Geingos and her family.

The academic-cum-traditional leader worked with the late president in various portfolios, with the recent one being among the campaigning team during the Swapo congresses.

Dr. Riruako, who is equally facing a leadership tussle within the OTA, fondly recalls how the Geingob often cautioned traditional leadership to steer clear of ethnic, racial, and tribal divisions.

Dr. Riruako had penned a book on the late President, which he initially intended to publish in 2019.

The book promises to capture the side of the late leader that many did not know.

The unveiling of the book will now be done in consultation with the family of the late President.