The late rains towards the end of March have left farmers doubting the survival of their farming enterprises.

On top of the late rains, farmers are unhappy with the rock-bottom prices they receive for their livestock at auctions. 

The nbc News team engaged some farmers in the communal areas of the region.

A seasonal farmer in the Epukiro Constituency, Charles Nguvauva, told nbc News team that this year started off badly as their earth dam was drying up. However, the area recently received close to 200 millimetres of rain.

The first-ever Epukiro auction held in the Omaheke Region attracted more than 800 cattle, Epukiro Constituency Councillor Packy Pakarae revealed on Thursday at the official opening of the auction at Omauezonjanda.

Okorukambe Constituency Councillor Rocco Nguvauva is pleased with the progress made at the Epukiro RC to Epukiro Pos 3 phase two road construction.

The eight-kilometre-long phase-two bitumen road is expected to be completed next year.

The constituency councillor of Okorukambe, Rocco Nguvauva, told nbc News that the work has started as planned this month with the construction of the bypass road as a detour while construction is under way.

Residents of Epukiro who have been connected to the electric grid have been urged to capitalise on it to better their lives.

The Constituency Councillor, Piniel Pakare, made an appeal in an interview with nbc News at Ohakavena, one of four villages just electrified through the Rural Electrification Project.

Pakarae says the rural electrification project is a costly exercise, but the government, through its stakeholders, is trying to light up rural areas.

The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorua, officially handed over a site for the construction of phase two of the road that will link the Okorukambe and Epukiro constituencies in the Omaheke Region.

The nine-kilometre phase two of the low-volume seal standard is expected to commence midway through next month.

The project is set to cost N$29 million, and it will provide jobs to fifty locals.

Since the beginning of the year farming communities in the Epukiro Constituency have lost more than 170 livestock to thieves.

Speaking at Omaueuozonjanda in the Epukiro Constituency CASO Vice Chairperson Kahepako Kakujaha says it is time to strengthen the security level in the constituency to curb stock theft.

Fifteen cattle have died as a result of a stampede at a water point at Epukiro RC in Omaheke, after spending more than three days without water.

The Epukiro RC Headman, Adelbertus Madi, told nbc News that the cattle that died were part of livestock that the government donated seven years ago to uplift the community.

The number of livestock had since grown from 50 to more than two hundred.

Community members have been urged to attend meetings where matters of development are discussed.