About 70% to 80% of ministries have decentralised their functions to the regions since the adoption of the Decentralisation Policy in 1997.

This is according to the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development officials, who have called on those lagging behind to improve.

To empower local and regional governments, the Decentralisation Policy was adopted in 1997 so that residents could make their own decisions.

By implementing the policy, communities can shape their own destiny and address challenges unique to them.

The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development held its fourth decentralisation consultative forum with key stakeholders in the capital today.

Minister, Erastus Uutoni, reminded the stakeholders that bringing services closer to the grassroots level remains one of the of government's top priorities.

The forum will discuss best practices,  progress made over the years and will collectively devise strategies on how to overcome existing stumbling blocks.

The lack of decentralisation of the Anti-Corruption Commission's functions to all fourteen regions makes it difficult for the commission to root out corruption.

Acting Head of Investigations at ACC, Justine Kanyangela, said this during the inauguration of the Khomas Anti-Corruption Regional Forum. 

Kanyangela says that investigators have to travel long distances in order to conduct investigations all over the country.