The National Assembly has approved the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy's vote of N$827 million.

The vote will now move to National Council.

Various members of Parliament in the National Assembly have raised a number of issues during the discussion of the Ministry of International Relations and Trade vote of a N$1.37 billion budget.

The country's defence budget vote, amounting to N$7.5 billion, has been approved in the National Assembly and will now be reviewed by the National Council.

The National Assembly has approved an amount of about N$12.9 billion to be allocated to the Ministry of Finance.

Members of Parliament shared their views and suggestions on the budget prior to the approval of the vote.

Members of Parliament in the National Assembly have approved the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s budget of N$181 million for the 2026/2027 financial year.

PDM MP Diederik Vries questioned the allocation for non-personnel expenditure.

Members of the National Assembly have urged the Electoral Commission of Namibia to introduce continuous voter registration to avoid congestion ahead of elections.

The suggestion was made during the ECN’s budget discussion of N$181 million for the 2026/27 financial period.

The National Assembly has approved a N$535 million budget for the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) for the 2026/2027 financial year, though several MPs raised alarms over reduced funding for the Disaster Risk Management Programme.

The National Assembly has passed the Auditor General's office vote with an allocation of N$133 million for the 2026/2027 financial year.

Some MPs however argued that the office requires more finances to capacitate and operate efficiently.

Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila motivated a budget allocation of over N$410 million for the National Assembly and N$134 million for the National Council for the 2026-27 financial years.

Members of Parliament are continuing the budget debate, which commenced this week under the committee stage.

Debates range from a number of items on the order paper where MPs shared their views on how they feel funds should be utilised.