Ngurare updates Parliament on housing and sanitation emergency response

GOVERNMENT has allocated N$34 million towards sanitation and is implementing interventions in informal settlements and other affected areas as part of its response to the declared state of emergency on housing and sanitation, Prime Minister Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare told the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Ngurare was responding to a question from Independent Patriots for Change MP Ottilie Haitota, who asked what had been done since President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared a state of emergency on housing and sanitation following a motion she moved in Parliament in June.

Ngurare said a Disaster Risk Management meeting, chaired by the Secretary to Cabinet and comprising ministries responsible for the affected areas, had been convened to address both sanitation and housing.

He said the participating ministries include the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry responsible for water and the Office of the Prime Minister.