Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources held a consultative meeting with the Ministry of Mines and Energy today (12/10/2021). The meeting, prompted by a petition opposed to Recon Africa oil and gas exploration activities in the Kavango regions, follows a recent fact finding mission by the Committee to…
By: Pamela Mate The National Council Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Security, Constitutional and Legal Affairs (HASCLA) conducted public meetings in the Zambezi Region with communities living along the Chobe, Kwando and Linyanti rivers to assess the security situation, livelihood and tourism in those areas in the backdrop of alleged hostilities by members of the…
The National Council has learned with great sadness about the sudden death of the late Hon Johannes Kahonzo Sikondo after a short illness on Sunday, the 19th of September 2021. The message was devastating, because the Late Sikondo was both a colleague of mine at the National Council and the Kavango West Regional Council. Read…
Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts was briefed by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on its roles and responsibilities today (30/09/2021). The meeting is part of a series of consultative meetings with different stakeholders meant to understand their roles in order to empower the committee to conduct its…
WINDHOEK- Members of Parliament from both Houses (National Assembly and National Council) recently attended a training on Governance and Sustainable Development Agenda, in Otjiwarongo. The workshop aimed at empowering MPs to appreciate the meaning and value of public Governance; the centrality of accountability and ethics to public governance, amongst others. Parliaments and parliamentarians have…
Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Prof. Peter Katjavivi has urged parliaments across the world to continue to advance the values of democracy in order to improve the livelihood of people. Hon. Katjavivi mentioned this today, in an online conference on the International Day of democracy which is being…
Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – Members of Parliament from the Parliamentary Standing committee on Natural Resources and the committee on Economics and Public Administration undertook site visits to various renewable and eco-friendly initiatives within the vicinity of Windhoek yesterday (13/09/2021). The visits are part of a project aimed at raising awareness about the…
Media Release 13 September 2021 RESPONSE TO AN EDITORIAL OF THE NAMIBIAN NEWSPAPER: “A dangerous precedent” We respond to the editorial in the Friday 10 September 2021 edition of The Namibian with the heading “A Dangerous Precedent”. The National Assembly wants to put the record straight as follows. Read More
Story By Benisia Kwafeinge Nghiivali and David Nahogandja (Editor) The International University of Management (IUM) second-year Business Law students took a tour of the Parliament today, September 10th, 2021. Their lecturer, Dr. Wilfred Isak April, stated that this excursion will benefit students since they will be able to witness how the law is produced in…
Story by Rafael Hangula Midgard, Okahandja – On Monday (06 September 2021), the Secretariat from both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly and National Council, started a weeklong training on their role in making parliamentary oversight effective. Staff attending this workshop drawn from different directorates, are being acquainted on key issues related to parliamentary…