The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund is satisfied with the public turnout at engagements aimed at proposing amendments to its Act. 

The engagements so far held in the Oshana, Omusati, Ohangwena, Erongo, ||Kharas, Otjozondjupa, Oshikoto and Hardap regions sparked discussions on key amendments to enhance the Fund's efficiency.

The use of electric vehicles came up as one of the factors that may pose a challenge to the Fund's sustainability.

To address this, the MVA Fund is exploring innovative mechanisms to ensure its long-term viability.

Its Senior Manager for Claims, Helena Shilongo, welcomed the public's keen interest in the deliberations.

"It's quite critical that we change our act because we have some of the benefit in the act, which will make it difficult for us to change them without the amendment to the act, so what we are going to do now is we are going to change legislation. As you know, now that we have been using them, they are 18 years old now, and those benefits never changed. So in terms of the funeral, we are still giving 7 thousand, which, with the current economic situation, I want to believe is not enough. It's the same as 2008, hence the amendment."

The Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, Etuna Josua, emphasised the need to revisit the Act to enhance both the benefits and sustainability of the Fund.

"We have received various inputs, but broadly the reviews are aimed at improving service delivery to the people and making sure that the victims of motor vehicle accidents are better taken care of." 

The engagements will also be taken to the rest of the regions.