Usakos residents have asked for clarification about the government's conditional basic income grant criteria.

Residents at Usakos in the Erongo Region flocked to the community hall daily since the registration for the conditional basic income grant of N$600 started last week.

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare is facilitating the process.

The exercise is part of the food bank programme transition.

According to the ministry, households must meet the criteria, including an income level below N$1,600, unemployment status, or lack of access to other forms of support.

However, some of the residents said they were rejected.

In response, the ministry's public relations officer advised that owners of houses get a sworn statement from the police stating the ownership of the said place. 

Lukas Haufiku said the declaration must state the names and ID numbers of the tenants living on a specific erf, and copies must be distributed to the tenants.

Haufiku explained that the owner of the place must provide the water bills to the tenants in question, and each tenant makes their own police declaration, stating their income status and names of dependents.

He stressed that the exercise is strictly for the registration and verification of the conditional basic income and no other grant.