A veterans' trust wants the Government to pay every retiring veteran N$400 000 and a change to the Veterans Act to benefit Struggle Kids. Founder of the Peter Nanyemba Former PLAN Combatant Veteran Trust (PNFPT) says the Government withdrew from the Buy-Back Pension benefit that Cabinet approved seven years ago. Nkurumah Mushelenga says experts were to work out ways the 8 731 former soldiers working in Government could benefit. While acknowledging the Government's efforts to improve veterans' livelihoods, he says their affairs are not managed satisfactorily. He says the Struggle Kids, having lost their parents in the war, now live in poverty. Mushelenga says the Veterans Act should be changed to include the children as beneficiaries. He made the remarks at a briefing in Ongwediva on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Veterans Affairs Department in the Vice President's Office, Edson Haufiku says veterans should embrace the programmes and projects of the Veterans' Affairs Department, stressing that it does its best to improve their welfare.