The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform's Resettlement Policy criteria are deemed ineffective.

It is against this background that officials from the ministry and various stakeholders from the Oshikoto Region met to revise three criteria for the policy.

The 2001 National Resettlement Policy was adopted 10 years ago to address land redistribution.

The policy has since not undergone review, and therefore some of the criteria no longer serve the purpose.