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Opuwo Build Together on course
The officer responsible for the Build Together programme in the Opuwo Town Council, Injandisa Kavari, says he is happy with the houses built for the community since the programme was decentralised to the region. The programme has built and handed over 131 houses to beneficiaries from 2006.
"The programme is doing very well, as there have been no incomplete houses since it was decentralised to the town council," Kavari said.
He praised the Opuwo Build-Together committee, saying their hard work and dedication resulted in these accomplishments.
He, however, stated that the programme could have done much better if there were more serviced residential erven available at the town.
Praise for Gurirab
Members of Parliament on Wednesday congratulated the Speaker of the National Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab, on receiving the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Award last month.
Gurirab received this award from the Emperor Akihito of Japan in May.
Deputy Prime Minister Marco Hausiku congratulated Gurirab on behalf of the MPs during the second day of the NA's sitting, which resumed on Tuesday.
"I took this opportunity without broadly consulting, but to express our congratulations as members of this honourable House on this award. We know that this is not the first award you have received. Nationally and continentally, you have been recognised in different ways," said Hausiku.
Improved banknotes here
The new and improved N$10 and N$20 banknotes will come into circulation on Monday.
Bank of Namibia (BoN) governor Ipumbu Shiimi will launch the improved banknotes by purchasing items at Pick n Pay in Wernhil Park with the new denominations on that day.
The bank announced the planned release of the improved notes earlier this month and raised awareness about the security features on the improved banknotes. "At the same time, this was to allow commercial banks to finalise their logistical arrangements in terms of the necessary adjustments required to their systems," BoN's director for strategic communications and financial sector development, Ndangi Katoma, said in a media statement this week.
Reports by Nampa
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