The Founding President, throughout his lifetime, was showered with gifts and, as per the English term, given his flowers whilst he was alive.

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education Natalia |Goagoses says, that before apartheid came to Namibia, Namibians lived together as Africans, guided by the spirit of "Ubuntu'' an ancient African phrase meaning 'humanity unto others'.

Justice Tjiumbu Muinjo, who led the recent group of returnees from Botswana has likened the late Founding President Sam Nujoma to a genius with natural powers like those of Hosea Kutako. 

Mourners in the Omaheke Region described the late Dr. Sam Nujoma as a man of action who possessed unique leadership abilities and always paid attention to the cries of the people, upon which he acted promptly.

A number of mourners gathered at the Nkurenkuru Expo Hall in Nkurenkuru Kavango West to pay their last respects to the late founding President, Sam Nujoma.