The National Council Chairperson, Lukas Muha, has hailed the outreach programme in the Zambezi and Kavango East Regions.

Speaking on the initiative to bring Parliament closer to the people, Muha noted that while citizens gained constitutional awareness, pressing service delivery concerns have prompted urgent calls for key legislative reforms.

“In fact, even before we embarked on this programme, we had no doubt that it would be well received and appreciated by the citizens we intended to engage with. It is true that we are now in the Kavango East Region, but the programme started in the Zambezi Region last week, where we successfully concluded our activities before moving to Kavango East. We are now continuing with the same programme, which aims to bring Parliament closer to the people.”

Bringing Parliament to the people has revealed a clear priority: communities want better basic services.

During outreach sessions, citizens voiced urgent concerns over water, electricity, and national documents.

Muha said Parliament is addressing these service delivery gaps by pushing to fast-track the Constituency Development Fund Bill and the Statelessness Bill to empower communities.

Muha said Namibia has only 121 constituencies that can be served by about N$121 million in a singular budget.

Muha highlighted that the concerns raised by residents will not go unheard. 

He said non-legislative issues will be forwarded directly to the Executive, while National Council Standing Committees will conduct oversight investigations into urgent community needs.