Plans for establishing the ||AU-OB Electricity Distribution Company for the Hardap and ||Kharas regions have faced a setback, as the government has stated that it was not informed about or consulted on the formation of the mentioned company.

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, in a letter to Gershon Dausab, Chairperson of the Hardap Regional Council, says his ministry had not been informed nor consulted regarding the intentions to establish the ||AU-OB Electricity Distribution Company.