By William Mbangula OSHAKATI Namibia last Wednesday, July 4, lost two dedicated and committed civil servants who were shining symbols of the policy of national reconciliation. Captain Joseph Amoomo Eino, a member of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), and his wife, Monica Nuusiku Kashile Eino, an employee in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) were, according to mourners, pillars of the policy of national reconciliation. Their seven-year-old child, Joseph Amoomo, was killed with his parents in a tragic car accident at Oshikuku when their Mazda Drifter pick-up truck collided with a CTM truck. The driver of the truck, Leonard Kiimba, 29, and his passenger, Victor Limba, are recovering in the Ongwediva Medipark Hospital. Apart from being husband and wife, the late Captain and Mrs Eino accepted each other as compatriots despite having fought on opposing sides during the war of liberation. At their joint funeral at Elyambala village near Ongwediva on Tuesday, July 10, speaker after speaker praised them as being friendly, committed and a dedicated family and civil servants. They were members of the Elcin and Roman Catholic churches. Reading the eulogy, Savelia Endjala told mourners that the late Captain Joseph Amoomo Eino, locally known as Kaboy, was one of the unifying figures in the family who brought together not only his own children but also the grandparents. Born on March 9, 1961, he attended the Ongwediva Primary school. Delivering a message of condolence on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Captain Albius Malumo Simataa said the late Eino joined the then South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) in 1983. At independence, he joined the NDF. Eino was attached to the 26th Battalion. In October 1997 he was promoted from Private to Sergeant. Then in September 2001, he was made Staff Sergeant. Again in February 2006, he was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer Class Two, followed by the rank of Captain, which he held until his death. Said Simataa: “It is regrettable that we have lost such a brave and dedicated soldier, a dependable son and father of the family.” Local Chaplain Simon Simeon reminded the audience: “Man’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man” (Job 14: 5 to 6). The eulogy for Monica Nuusiku and the young boy was delivered by Ester Amadhila She explained that the late Monica, the fifth in a family of seven children, was born on April 15, 1960 at Omatelekelo village in Omusati Region. She schooled at Eengolo, Uukwaluudhi and the-then Oluno Secondary School (now Andimba Toivo ya Toivo) where she left to go into exile in 1978. After completing high school at the Island of the Youth in Cuba, she returned to Angola where she worked in the Education Training Centre at Kwanza Sul. In 1989, Monica Nuusiku returned to Namibia where she became a teacher at the-then Ombalantu Secondary school (now David Sheehama Secondary School) before she left for further studies in Italy. From 1994 to 1996 she did an agricultural diploma course at the Ogongo Agriculture College. Monica joined the public service at Mashare Agricultural Research Institute (Kavango Region) in 1997, and was promoted to the position of Senior Agricultural Technician, a position she held until November 2006 when she was again elevated to Chief Agricultural Research Technician. She was later transferred to Omahenene Research Station, which was where she was employed until her untimely death.