Ohangwena and Omusati receive water tankers
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) handed over two tank trucks to the Ohangwena and Omusati regions on Friday.
In a speech delivered on her behalf, OPM permanent secretary Nangula Mbako said that the decision to allocate the two water tankers to the regions was based on reported and proven incidents of dirty water being consumed at places such as Amalika, Uutsathima and others in the Omusati Region.
“Therefore, these two trucks are given to the two honourable governors as mitigation measures for such situations,” said Mbako about the two 16 000-litre water tanker trucks that were acquired at a cost of N$5 million from Germany. She added that they will continue to assist sector ministries and regional structures to ensure a reduction in disaster incidents such as loss of lives through polluted or a shortage of water. The permanent secretary of MAWF, Percy Misika noted that in many cases government provides facilities and infrastructure but the issue of maintenance, servicing and recklessness and irresponsible handling of the facilities grounds them to a halt.
“This [causes] those people who were supposed to have received services using this infrastructure to have no other recourse. [The] loss of those services and at the end of the day knocks back on Government and political leaders' doors, saying we needed these when there were already funds provided,” Misika mentioned. Misika encouraged the governors' drivers and communities to take good care of the trucks.
Training was provided to 26 drivers from the MAWF and regional offices on the operations of the trucks in July according to the OPM.
Receiving the trucks, Omusati governor Erginus Endjala said last year their regions made headlines about residents drinking unhygienic water which in some cases resulted in deaths.
“Receiving these two tankers will really serve the community and the purpose it was intended for,” Endjala added. Ohangwena governor Usko Nghaamwa pointed out that they used to get water from a tank truck from Grootfontein which is costly, adding that community members hence encouraged him to approach the office of the OPM for assistance.
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In a speech delivered on her behalf, OPM permanent secretary Nangula Mbako said that the decision to allocate the two water tankers to the regions was based on reported and proven incidents of dirty water being consumed at places such as Amalika, Uutsathima and others in the Omusati Region.
“Therefore, these two trucks are given to the two honourable governors as mitigation measures for such situations,” said Mbako about the two 16 000-litre water tanker trucks that were acquired at a cost of N$5 million from Germany. She added that they will continue to assist sector ministries and regional structures to ensure a reduction in disaster incidents such as loss of lives through polluted or a shortage of water. The permanent secretary of MAWF, Percy Misika noted that in many cases government provides facilities and infrastructure but the issue of maintenance, servicing and recklessness and irresponsible handling of the facilities grounds them to a halt.
“This [causes] those people who were supposed to have received services using this infrastructure to have no other recourse. [The] loss of those services and at the end of the day knocks back on Government and political leaders' doors, saying we needed these when there were already funds provided,” Misika mentioned. Misika encouraged the governors' drivers and communities to take good care of the trucks.
Training was provided to 26 drivers from the MAWF and regional offices on the operations of the trucks in July according to the OPM.
Receiving the trucks, Omusati governor Erginus Endjala said last year their regions made headlines about residents drinking unhygienic water which in some cases resulted in deaths.
“Receiving these two tankers will really serve the community and the purpose it was intended for,” Endjala added. Ohangwena governor Usko Nghaamwa pointed out that they used to get water from a tank truck from Grootfontein which is costly, adding that community members hence encouraged him to approach the office of the OPM for assistance.
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