Kavango East Region Governor Bonny Wakudumo said the region’s leadership has resolved to ensure that the Divundu Village Council be upgraded to a Town Council by 2025.
Divundu was proclaimed a village council in 2015.
Wakudumo during his State of the Region Address (SORA) said the village council has attracted an investment of N.dollars 1.5 billion for the development of a blueberry farm by Blueberry Namibia, which is expected to develop a 254 hectares farm in phases in four years with plans to employ close to 700 locals.
Wakudumo also said the installation and commissioning of street lights for Divundu extension one has also been completed to the tune of N.dollars 1.3 million.
“An investment of N.dollars 31 million for the development of 90 housing units at Divundu’s extension 3 through a joint venture between Divundu Village Council and Mondjila projects will soon be realized,” the governor revealed.
While the leadership is working hard to ensure Divundu becomes a town council, it is also preparing to ensure that Ndiyona settlement becomes a village council by 2025.
It is with this reason that an amount of N.dollars 460 000 was budgeted by the Kavango East Regional Council for the development of an additional residential area at Ndiyona, he said.
Meanwhile the governor also highlighted challenging times the region was faced with such the incident where 16 people belonging to one household died last month due to alleged food poisoning.
Food poisoning, he stressed has become one of the scariest sporadic concerns in the region, and many lives are sadly getting lost as a result. “Every Namibian’s life is valuable, therefore, our deepest sympathy and empathy goes to the bereaved families and friends,” he noted.
Another concern that needs to be addressed, he said is that a number of people in Kavango East still remain stateless.
The Home Affairs and Immigration Ministry reported this year that Namibia is currently home to 141 048 undocumented and stateless persons.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency