NDP acts on land, housing
The National Democratic Party (NDP) said it will hold a public hearing and consult stakeholders like traditional leaders and traditional authorities on how land in Namibia can be distributed to landless Namibians.
According to the NDP president, Martin Lukato Lukato, traditional leaders know and are aware of their area of jurisdiction and the boundaries of their jurisdiction and this should be respected by all citizens and foreigners who live in Namibia and visitors to the country.
“NDP will continue to respect our traditional leaders, their traditional authorities and their subjects as they are lawful owners of their land. The NDP will never interfere on the traditional matters which can cause conflicts in Namibia and divide the people of Namibia.”
According to Lukato, the NDP will ensure that the current Land Act of 1992 be amended or abolished in order to empower traditional leaders and traditional authorities.
“The NDP will never impose laws on Namibian people without their approval. To impose laws on the traditional leaders and to our traditional authorities, is taboo and it cannot be accepted.”
Lukato further said the NDP land reform policy allows the Namibian traditional leaders and the traditional authorities to regulate their traditional laws and their traditional administration affairs and matters independently, through and according to their traditions and culture, without interfering with the governing political party.
He also added that the party will allow all ethnic groups in Namibia to recognise their traditional leaders without the interference of the ruling political party and allow them to control their land in their areas of jurisdiction.
Furthermore, Lukato said the registration of land and all land matters should also be vested in the traditional authorities and traditional leaders.
According to him, all Namibians in formal employment must be classified according to job categories and salaries when buying plots from a local authority.
“All unemployed Namibians who flock to towns and cities to seek a better living or employment will be accommodated at a waiting centre temporarily until they have received free plots and they will be taken care of by providing them with small income and food until they have settled.”
Lukato said foreigners must be placed in refuge establishment camps in selected regions to control the foreigners in order to maintain law and order, the police and defence force will be deployed at borders on 24-hour patrols to protect Namibia’s territory to combat crime.
“Foreigners who have lived here in Namibia for more than five years those who qualified to be Namibian citizens will be offered citizenship.”
ELLANIE SMIT
According to the NDP president, Martin Lukato Lukato, traditional leaders know and are aware of their area of jurisdiction and the boundaries of their jurisdiction and this should be respected by all citizens and foreigners who live in Namibia and visitors to the country.
“NDP will continue to respect our traditional leaders, their traditional authorities and their subjects as they are lawful owners of their land. The NDP will never interfere on the traditional matters which can cause conflicts in Namibia and divide the people of Namibia.”
According to Lukato, the NDP will ensure that the current Land Act of 1992 be amended or abolished in order to empower traditional leaders and traditional authorities.
“The NDP will never impose laws on Namibian people without their approval. To impose laws on the traditional leaders and to our traditional authorities, is taboo and it cannot be accepted.”
Lukato further said the NDP land reform policy allows the Namibian traditional leaders and the traditional authorities to regulate their traditional laws and their traditional administration affairs and matters independently, through and according to their traditions and culture, without interfering with the governing political party.
He also added that the party will allow all ethnic groups in Namibia to recognise their traditional leaders without the interference of the ruling political party and allow them to control their land in their areas of jurisdiction.
Furthermore, Lukato said the registration of land and all land matters should also be vested in the traditional authorities and traditional leaders.
According to him, all Namibians in formal employment must be classified according to job categories and salaries when buying plots from a local authority.
“All unemployed Namibians who flock to towns and cities to seek a better living or employment will be accommodated at a waiting centre temporarily until they have received free plots and they will be taken care of by providing them with small income and food until they have settled.”
Lukato said foreigners must be placed in refuge establishment camps in selected regions to control the foreigners in order to maintain law and order, the police and defence force will be deployed at borders on 24-hour patrols to protect Namibia’s territory to combat crime.
“Foreigners who have lived here in Namibia for more than five years those who qualified to be Namibian citizens will be offered citizenship.”
ELLANIE SMIT
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