Okakarara Youth Against Crime has started a movement against drug and alcohol abuse in the community by taking to the streets to raise awareness of its dangers.

Okakarara Mayor Siegfried Tjehiua said the provision of water tops the list of priorities, noting that residents in informal areas have been deprived of basic services for years.

A new community-led garden in Okakarara is sowing seeds of hope as residents take action to fight hunger and create employment in the town.

National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) Vice President Peter Kazongominja has declared that Okakarara will not be ruled by another political party, reaffirming the constituency's status as NUDO headquarters.

The president of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), McHenry Venaani, is urging voters in the Okakarara Constituency to cast their ballots based on leadership capability rather than party loyalty.

The NamVoc Vocational Institute held its second graduation ceremony at Okakarara under the theme, "Empowering Skills for a Better Tomorrow."

The Orutumbo Farmers Association has successfully held an agricultural show aimed at creating a link between farmers and various stakeholders at Okotjituuo Village in the Okakarara Constituency.

Community members of Okarupuka in the Okakarara Constituency are pleading with the authorities to provide them with electricity.

The service, they say, will enable them to enjoy added benefits of improved living standards.

Okakarara Constituency Councillor Ramana Mutjavikua has called on the government through the Roads Authority to fast-track phase two of tarring the Okakarara-Okondjatu road.

The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Dino Ballotti, has said that it is time for the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre (OVTC) to finalise the hotel school.

Ballotti made the remarks at the opening of OVTC's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week.