IPC MP Michael Mwashindange has raised concerns regarding hardships faced by elderly residents on Impalila Island at the far eastern strip of the Zambezi region.
He told the National Assembly that pensioners on the island have to buy food across the Botswana border and are required to pay import duties.
Polling stations opened bright and early at Impalila Island in the Kabbe South Constituency, as officials prepared to receive voters participating in the Regional Councils and Local Authorities election.
Elderly residents of Impalila Island in the Zambezi Region celebrated the belated International Day of Older Persons organised by an NGO, Hope of Life.
In appreciation for older persons' contribution to society, Hope for Life distributed mattresses and blankets.
Impalila Island residents will no longer have to climb trees to hoist cables to support their radio antennas.
This development follows the launch and commissioning of radio services at the island by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
Residents of Impalila Island are urging the government to honor the late Founding President,Dr. Sam Nujoma, by realizing his vision of a five-star hotel for the island.
The late Founding President, Dr. Sam Nujoma, has been praised for championing reconciliation, which he cemented in an independent Namibia.
The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Albert Kawana, has promised that construction of police accommodation at Impalila Island will be completed by the end of October.
Residents of Impalila Island will soon have access to clear radio services, as the nbc’s Director General, Stanley Similo, announced plans to install transmitters in the coming months. Similo made the announcement during a site visit to the island over the weekend.
Residents of Impalila Island will soon have access to clear radio services of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, said nbc DG Stanley Similo during a site visit to the island on Saturday.
While celebrating the completion and opening of roads on Impalila Island on Thursday, the Roads Authority (RA) handed over additional infrastructure and funds to the community.
