Walvis Bay Magistrate John Sindano has called on parliamentarians to do something about what he described as "shocking" conditions in police holding cells.
Apart from overcrowding, the magistrate says mentally disturbed detainees languish in such conditions for years while waiting to be admitted to the only psychiatric ward in Windhoek.
Oshana Governor Elia Irimari has encouraged female parliamentarians participating in a capacity-building workshop for women parliamentarians in Oshakati to advocate for more funding for the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (nbc).
This step is essential to enabling the broadcaster to expand its reach across all 14 regions of the country.
About 20 female parliamentarians are currently participating in a two-day training programme focused on enhancing their communication skills, public speaking abilities, lobbying techniques, and advocacy efforts.
This workshop is aimed at strengthening the capacities of these parliamentarians to effectively promote and advance gender equality.
Moreover, it provides a valuable platform for collaboration among women from both houses of parliament.
Parliamentarians from all political divides continued to express their support for a motion to establish a Genocide Memorial Museum to honour those who died at the hands of German invading forces during the 1904-08 Herero-Nama genocide.
Some MPs say that there is nothing that should stop the country from honouring those who perished during this era, while others are pained that this part of history is not taught in schools, further adding that a museum will help restore the dignity of the victims.
Some opposition parliamentarians have objected to the indefinite postponement on the motivation of the report of the mass resignation of fishermen.
The report was compiled by the National Assembly Select Committee appointed and tasked by the House Speaker to investigate the mass resignation of fishermen employed through the government Redressing Programme.
The Committee Chairperson Tjekero Tweya postponed the motivation indefinitely just as he was about to motivate it.
Most parliamentarians in the National Assembly have welcomed this year's budget allocations to various ministries and departments, expressing hope for improved livelihoods for the populace through conditional income grants.
They, however, want to see accountability and the curbing of corruption.
The National Assembly Speaker, Professor Peter Katjavivi, has appealed for respect among parliamentarians.
This follows the opposition MPs' two-day walkout in the House last week.
The walkout was sparked by comments made by Works and Transport Deputy Minister Veikko Nekundi, who compared the colonial budget, which he claimed was under the PDM or the then-DTA government, to a criminal and genocidal budget, and referred to the opposition as hypocrites.
Parliamentarians from all political divides in the National Assembly are speaking with one voice regarding the issue of mental health in the country.
This follows a motion tabled by PDM member in the house, Winnie Moongo, on what she termed the deplorable and inhospitable mental health institutions and facilities in the country.
The motion seeks awareness of the plight and situation of these centres so as to improve their conditions.
