A team of officials from the office of the Prime Minister and Aminuis Councillor concluded a two-day rapid assessment of the possible looming drought in the Omaheke Region.

The assessment is also expected to come up with a comprehensive report.

Speaking at Onderombapa, Aminuis Constituency Councillor Peter Kazongominja acknowledged the efforts being made by the government to reach out to rural areas to get first-hand information.

Kazongominja added that most villages in the constituency recorded below one hundred millimetres of rainfall this year, and this current situation requires prompt action from the state.

"There are two important things we have raised with this team. The first thing is that we need grazing as a matter of urgency, and there is no way we are going to take grass to the animals; we have to take animals to the grass. Wherever there is a resettlement farm currently, where allotments have not been done, can this farm be given to these drought-stricken constituencies of Omaheke on a contractual obligation with the government? We signed a contract that this hectare of land will go to Epukiro, Aminuis, Otjinene, and Okorukambe, and after the drought is over, all these people that have been given emergency grazing at the resettlement farm will vacate this farm. Can we have that agreement? That is one that the community has voiced to the OPM in consultation with the Ministry of Land Reform, which is that these farms not be allocated for resettlement now but be used for assistance during this drought."

A traditional leader in the Aminuis area, Bethold Tjiundje, requested that the government acquire more commercial land that is adjacent to rural areas for some farmers to relocate their livestock for grazing.

"There is no rain this year, so we are facing a devastating drought now. What we need from the government is to assist us mostly with food aid to people, most of all the marginalised and everyone, because cattle are now on the verge of dying because of this drought, and when they die, people will also suffer."

A farmer at Otjiwarongo village, Simeon Kauaaka, says that some farmers have started to relocate their livestock, but this exercise has proven to be costly.

"I'll ask that they do not take it to the end of this month; they should start helping us just quick now."

Officials from the office of the Prime Minister will also visit the southern parts of the country.