The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele, has assured the public that the Namibian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and the right to practice one's faith without fear, persecution or discrimination, subject to the condition that they operate within the legal framework.

Cannabis activist Prophet Aldo Timbo and his wife, Empress Tulisa Timbo, of the Ethiopian African Black International Congress Church Salvation, also known as the fifth Kingdom of Christ, say the Rastafarian community has never fully experienced justice or the independence that many Namibians fought for.