Owela is a minor variant of Hus. The game is played by the Oshiwambo-speaking population of Namibia and Angola. The game was promoted by former Namibian president Dr. Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma (*1929). He said on July 1, 2002, that the Pan African Centre of Namibia (PACON) is "busy trying to secure sponsorships to organise national championships for the Owela game". It was planned to held competitions in all the regions of Namibia, so that the national champion will be crowned for the first time on Africa Day 2003. Nujoma appealed to the business community to sponsor these games so that Namibia can entrench her own national game. However, no evidence emerged that a tournament was ever held. In 2004, PACON's founder resigned under allegations of misspending money and, in 2010, the or