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WINDHOEK – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says the N$220 million allocated to it for the 2019/20 financial year is not sufficient to successfully cover the November Presidential and National Assembly elections.

Windhoek – Vakomisare kumwe nomberewa zawo moNamibia ndi asi ECN, vanatura ezuva 15 Pembagona, momapeu, asi yilyo ezuva ngagakara mahoroworo gokukwateramo momukunda gwaOndangwa zomodoropa yimo ngoso mbudi ana kuzigava mugendesi pamberewa Theo Muyoro yimo ngoso ana kutanta kosayitunga zaNew Era, nkera.

KöES  – Whilst it is a given for most of us to live under a decent shelter, the same cannot be said about a man living in a place where other people normally relieve themselves.

WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi will lead a delegation of Namibian parliamentarians to the 140th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly to be held in Doha, Qatar from April 6 to 10. 

KEETMANSHHOP- The Executive Committee for the Keetmanshoop Agricultural, Industrial and Tourism Expo recently held a gala dinner to raise funds for their upcoming expo.

ONGWEDIVA - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has dispatched a team to Uukwiyu-Uushona to monitor and recapture the rhino spotted roaming around that area.

LÜDERITZ - The chairperson of //Kharas Regional Council and !Nami#nus Constituency Council Jan Scholtz heaped praise on the Ministry of Environment and Tourism for over the years developing guidelines and action plans to ensure it preserves and cares for the country’s wild horses that generate revenue through tourism.

KES - Concerned over what they claim is rampant embezzlement of the coffers of their village on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, residents of Köes early this week staged a peaceful demonstration demanding the immediate suspension of their CEO, Willy Humphries, for alleged complicity in fraud.

ONGWEDIVA - Five learners at Shituwa Secondary School in Endola in Ohangwena Region were treated for minor injuries after their dormitories were hit by a storm on Tuesday evening.

OMUTHIYA - The recently completed 2.4-kilometre water pipeline has brought joy and relief to the drought-stricken community of Omadhiya in Oniipa Constituency, as the Rural and Water Supply Directorate opened the taps on Tuesday.