Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Leader, McHenry Venaani, has tabled a motion in the National Assembly that seeks to mobilise resources, raise awareness, and implement comprehensive sanitation initiatives that will safeguard the health and well-being of Namibians.

According to data from the World Health Organisation and UNICEF's Joint Monitoring Programme of 2020, Namibia ranks sixth in the world in open defecation, with a startling 47% of the population affected.