The Namibian government wants to implement new measures to provide relief to taxpayers through the introduction of an Income Tax Amendment Bill, tabled in the National Assembly this week.
Members of the National Assembly want obsolete laws repealed and replaced with new laws that address contemporary challenges facing the nation.
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, has tabled amendments to three laws in the financial sector in the National Assembly.
These are the Value Added Tax, Stamp Duties, and the Income Tax.
The Minister of Finance, Iipumbu Shiimi, has tabled an additional budget of N$4 billion in the National Assembly for the financial year 2022–2023.
In his mid-term budget adjustment, Iipumbu increased the operational budget from N$56.6 billion to N$60.1 billion.
State House has dismissed claims that Jerry Ekandjo is discriminated against and that his attempts to contest the Vice President position are sabotaged by President Hage Geingob.
Parliamentarians from all political divides in the National Assembly are speaking with one voice regarding the issue of mental health in the country.
The Windhoek Magistrate's Court has granted bail of N$30 thousand to all suspects who allegedly fraudulently benefited from a false subsistence and travel claim scheme at the National Assembly.
The Minister of Justice, Yvonne Dausab, has tabled a bill in the National Assembly to have all obsolete laws repealed.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi, is leading a Namibian delegation of parliamentarians to the 145th Inter-Parliamentary Union in Kigali, Rwanda.
Professor Katjavivi is accompanied by other IPU members, which includes the Vice Chairperson of the National Council, Victoria Kauma.
The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus says the merging of the two-state media houses, the Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) and the New Era Corporation is still in the pipeline albeit in an early stage.
