
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security received an allocation of N$7.8 billion.
The biggest share of the budget of over N$4 billion is directed toward the "Combating of Crime" programme.
Part of the N$8 billion includes N$435 million towards the development budget.
The ministry's plans include the recruitment of 2,000 new cadet constables and the launch of eight national operations targeting transnational crime and addressing cybercrime and human trafficking.
The ministry also announced improvement of public safety by raising crime-combatting effectiveness from 50% to 80% by 2031 and increasing the national case clearance rate from 35% to 42% within the year.
Investments will be made in strengthening forensic services, reducing a backlog of nearly eight thousand 500 cases and streamlining the criminal investigation process.
"The Ministry will embark upon the rollout of a smart city surveillance project where it will be deployed to key structured areas which are crime hotspots, starting with camera installations in Windhoek and Swakopmund. Other towns, including Oshakati, Walvis Bay, Keetmanshoop and Rundu, are expected to follow as resources permit."
On the corrections front, the ministry plans to install irrigation systems and acquire new machinery to enhance food self-sufficiency in correctional facilities.
Rehabilitation and reintegration programmes will also be scaled up, including the rollout of Community Service Orders to more courts.
"The ministry will further roll out the community service rollout programme to seven more courts in the central and southern regions to increase the coverage to 65 of the 71 targeted magistrate courts. The staff complement would have to be strengthened, as well as the procurement of vehicles for NamPol and Namibian correctional services and the ministry itself."
The ministry will complete regional offices in Kavango West and Zambezi, and feasibility studies are underway for new buildings in the Ohangwena, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa and Erongo regions.