The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology is in the Kunene Region for an oversight visit.

The visit is as part of its constitutional mandate to exercise oversight over executive institutions entrusted with public funds to deliver services to citizens.

The third session of the eighth Parliament officially concluded last week on Friday, with MPs now expected to carry out constituency engagements, oversight visits and other responsibilities in accordance with their constitutional obligations during the recess period.

Swapo Party MP, Marlyn Mbakera, sought clarity from the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) on progress made with the project to reorganise structures of local authorities in 2014.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport Infrastructure and Housing has called for collective responsibility in reducing the rising accidents on the country's roads.

The committee chairperson, MP George !Garab, made the call during a public hearing that deliberated the motion on road accidents. 

A member of the Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations, and Community Development Institutions, Hercules Jantze, has raised concern regarding the mushrooming of nursing training institutions throughout the country with a declining demand for nurses.

United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Nico Somaeb raised concerns regarding patients allegedly losing their lives while being transported to ICU units in the capital.

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, has ruled that in terms of the Electoral Act, the President only submits nominations to the National Assembly for its consideration and approval.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations, and Community Development has held a two-day stakeholder consultation with health training institutions and students.
 

Affirmative Repositioning (AR) party leader Professor Job Amupanda tabled a motion in the National Assembly to establish a Political Consultation and Consensus-Building Forum as a political body to deal with matters that cannot adequately be handled by committees or the Chief Whips' Forum.

A commotion erupted in the National Assembly during discussions on the nomination of two new members of the electoral commission.

This was due to the terms of the previously serving members' terms not yet having expired, among other reasons.