RUNDU: A 22 year-old person who is allegedly said to have ‘two sexual organs’, was discovered floating dead in the Okavango river at Rundu on Wednesday afternoon.
According to eye witnesses, the deceased, from the Kehemu informal settlement on the outskirt of Rundu was apparently sleeping where after she apparently just woke up and ran towards the Okavango River on Wednesday afternoon at around 15h30.
She was subsequently discovered by community members floating dead in the river and alerted the police.
Kavango regional Nampol’s acting Crime Co-ordinator Detective Inspector Chrispin Mubebo confirmed the incident to this reporter on Thursday saying the body was recovered the same day in the evening.
This reporter has reliably been informed that the deceased whose name is known but cannot be revealed was apparently born as a female and had a female name, but as she grew up she changed to a male name and started presenting herself like a man and also wore male clothes.
Detective Inspector Mubebo said the first report the police got was that of male who drowned but identification documents in police possession indicates a female.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s sister whose name is withheld told this reporter during a telephonic interview on Thursday that her deceased sister had a female name but later changed to a male name.
“She changed when she grew up and started wearing male clothes,” the sister said.
Asked whether the deceased indeed carried two sexual organs, the deceased’s sister responded that she cannot tell as she does not known and has no proof of that. This reporter has reliably established that the deceased had two sexual organs of a male and that of a female, but the male organ has apparently not fully developed.
(edited)RUNDU – A 22-year-old hermaphrodite was discovered floating dead in the Okavango River here on Wednesday afternoon.
In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism/person that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.
According to eye-witnesses, the deceased from the Kehemu informal settlement on the outskirts of Rundu was apparently sleeping, but suddenly woke up and ran towards the Okavango River on Wednesday afternoon at around 15h30.
Community members discovered the person floating dead in the river afterwards, and alerted the police.
Acting Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Crime Coordinator, Detective Inspector Chrispin Mubebo confirmed the incident to Nampa on Thursday, saying the body was recovered the same evening.
This reporter has reliably been informed that the deceased person, whose name is known but cannot be revealed to protect her and her family’s identity, was registered as a female and grew up as one.
But, as she grew older, she changed her name to that of a man and started presenting herself as a man, while also wearing men’s clothes.
Detective Inspector Mubebo said the first report the police got was that of a male who drowned, but identification documents in the police’s possession indicated it was a female.
Meanwhile, in a telephonic interview on Thursday, the deceased’s sister confirmed that her ‘sister’ had a female name, but changed it to a male name later.
Asked whether the deceased indeed had both sexual organs, the sister said she does not know.
This reporter has reliably established that the deceased’s male sexual organ was apparently not fully developed.