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

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.

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

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.