Some Members of Parliament have raised concerns that the needs of the boy child remain under-represented in national programmes.
The concerns were raised during the debate on the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare's N$417 million budget.
During debates on the N$460 million budget for the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations, Members of Parliament raised concerns about fairness in the justice system, discriminatory provisions, inconsistent rulings, and poor infrastructure access in rural areas.
Various members of Parliament in the National Assembly have raised a number of issues during the discussion of the Ministry of International Relations and Trade vote of a N$1.37 billion budget.
Members of Parliament are continuing the budget debate, which commenced this week under the committee stage.
Debates range from a number of items on the order paper where MPs shared their views on how they feel funds should be utilised.
As Namibia's parliamentary budget debate continues, SWANU MP Evalistus Kaaronda criticised the unchanged economic structure since the early 1990s, calling for the budget to become a transformative tool.
