Family members of the 16 people who died from suspected food poisoning at Kayova Village in Kavango East Region are finding it hard to cope emotionally.

It's been close to six weeks since the family buried their 16 relatives.

43-year-old Marando Shishugho is the eldest son.

Apart from losing his firstborn, he also lost nephews, nieces, and a sibling.

Shishugho says that at the moment, the family's feelings can only be described in two words. "Feeling Lost."  

Some children in Windhoek have expressed their frustration about the recent deaths of children at Kayova Village in the Kavango East Region from suspected food poisoning.

Saturday, June 10, was the saddest moment for the Shishungho family and the villagers who were forced to bury their own.

The suspected food poisoning claimed the lives of 14 children between the ages of 16 and two young adults, aged 21 and 33.

Today, 16 members of the Nangungu family in Kavango East Region's Kayova Village are being laid to rest.

The 16 died in a suspected food poisoning incident.

Over a thousand people are in attendance, including national and political leaders from across the board.

Cabinet has directed that investigations be extended to the source of dried sedimentation and that no further sales of the product should be made.

This follows the deaths of 16 people who died of suspected food poisoning at Kayova village in the Kavango East Region.

Expressing sympathy to the bereaved family during the 8th Cabinet resolution briefing, Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus noted that the cabinet endorsed the intervention to provide burial assistance as well as food provision by the office of the Prime Minister.

Namibians who hail from the two Kavango regions, but reside in other parts of the country, have been urged to invest in their regions of origin, thereby alleviating hunger and poverty.

The call was made by a group living in the Erongo Region as they paid tribute to the people who died in a suspected food poisoning incident at Kayova village.

Residents who hailed from the Kavango and other northern regions gathered at a local church to pay homage to the 16 family members who died of food poisoning at Kayova village in Kavango East.

The Disaster Risk Management Committee in the Kavango East Region has put on hold the sale of homebrew at Kayova Village until further notice.

This comes after the deaths of 16 people in the village from suspected food poisoning.

The Kavango East Disaster Management Committee requested the Headman of Kayova Village to stop the sale of homebrew at the village during an urgent meeting where it was briefed on the matter at hand by the Ministry of Health and Social Services as well as the Police.

The Governor of Kavango East Region, Bonifatius Wakudumo and other political leaders paid homage to the bereaved family at Kayova village in the Ndiyona Constituency.

Mourners flocked to the household of Godfried Shishugho Kangungu at Kayova village to console the family that has lost 15 family members within four days.
 
Kayova village is 120 kilometers from Rundu. It is a difficult time for this family and villagers, where every day, they are informed that one of their own has died.