The Speaker of the National Assembly, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, visited and toured the Cheshire Home Facility in the Zambezi region on Monday.
The speaker commended the work of the facility and appealed to community members to support the initiative.
Members of the Namibian Police Force in the border region of Zambezi have been hailed for a job well done in intercepting cattle rustled from Botswana into Zambia via Namibia by suspected Zambian rustlers.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is in the Zambezi Region ahead of the Masubia Cultural Festival celebration, which will take place at the Royal Establishment in Bukalo on Saturday.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has been on a supervisory visit in the Zambezi Region to review the progress on various developmental projects aimed at improving housing, infrastructure, and service provision, particularly in Bukalo and Katima Mulilo.
Zambezi Police Regional Commander Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo held her maiden engagement with the business sector on Tuesday.
The meeting was aimed at information sharing in order to find solutions to ongoing crime that targets their businesses.
Meanwhile, the committee has commended several ongoing development projects in the Zambezi Region, describing them as evidence that public funds are being put to good use.
During its oversight visit, the committee inspected projects in the education, agriculture and local government sectors.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Budget and Finance says delays in the release of government funds are slowing the implementation of development projects in the Zambezi Region.
The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) has donated livestock feed to farmers in the Zambezi Region.
The N$500,000 worth of animal feed will support livestock farmers who were previously affected by floods, which led to the loss of animals in the floodplain constituencies of the region.
The Zambezi region will continue to lag behind in development if resources continue to be allocated using the same formula as the rest of the country.
The Governor of the Zambezi Region, Dorothy Kabula, has highlighted several challenges facing the region, with delays in key road projects topping the list.
