Residents of Grashoek in the Tsumkwe Constituency of the Otjozondjupa Region are in need of electricity as well as land for livestock farming.
The residents told nbc News that the lack of electricity denies them education opportunities and impedes social progression.
The Namibian government has connected some rural communities just north of Keetmanshoop to the national electricity grid under its rural electrification project.
The Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, Kornelia Shilunga, officially inaugurated the N$6.8 million rural electrification project.
Erongo RED, in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has electrified 151 houses in Harambee Informal Settlement's Extension 8 in Karibib for N$3.6 million.
