Windhoek – The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Prof. Peter Katjavivi visited the widow of the late member of parliament, Hon. Ignatius Shiwameni to offer his condolences on behalf of the National Assembly. Hon. Shiwameni died on Wednesday during a committee meeting at parliament. Hon. Katjavivi noted that the National Assembly is saddened…
Indian High Commissioner to Namibia, H.E. Prashant Agrawal visited the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Prof. Peter Katjavivi today (09/11/21). The two exchanged views on the envisioned Namibian Parliament museum. The Speaker noted that the museum, which he says would encompass artefacts and an interactive digital display of information, was important in terms of…
Windhoek – The Chairperson of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Elifas !Owos-Oab says the fragmentation of road safety management is hampering efforts to properly manage safety on Namibian roads. !Owos –Oab said this in response to concerns raised by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration during a consultative meeting today (10/11/21).…
The National Assembly, with permission from the family of Hon Ignatius Shixwameni, hereby confirm that Hon. Ignatius Shixwameni passed on today, Wednesday 10 November 2021, at Parliament. Read More >>>
Story by Rafael Hangula WINDHOEK- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources in collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), held a Parliamentary-Public Engagement on “Tackling Climate Change in Namibia – Forestry as a Key Sector” today (02/11/2021) at Parliament. It is the second engagement on natural resource management that the National Assembly has organised in…
Story by George Sanzila Windhoek – The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Secretariat visited the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Prof. Peter Katjavivi on Wednesday, 27 October 2021. The secretariat, led by its Chief Executive Officer, Ambassador Lineekela Mboti informed the Speaker that a team of reviewers from the continental body will…
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, as part of its oversight functions will hold a public hearing with the Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Forestry. Read More >>>
The Secretaries of Parliament is attending the Society of Clerks at the Table Seminar in Nairobi, Kenya. The seminar is held under the theme “Promoting adaptive programming in Parliamentary settings as a response to emergency and emerging global, regional and national challenges”. The Society of Clerks-at-the-Table of the Commonwealth Parliaments (SoCATT) was founded in 1932…
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…