The councillor for the Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, Joseph Shilongo said that his community suffers a lot in acquiring basic services such as health services and police patrols due to no roads.
Shilongo said in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday that they only have pathways that were created by the community members as the means of roads in the constituency area.
‘We receive complaints every time about the poor road in the area that damages people’s vehicles or our cars getting stuck in the sandy soil because it hinders us from receiving services on time,’ said Shilongo.
He said that one of the major issues they want resolved in the area is the construction of roads and access to water.
‘We want our paths to be constructed into proper roads so that it can connect us to our basic needs and services,’ said Shilongo.
He added that they only have boreholes that contain salty water as their means of water supply in the constituency, but they consider the lack of roads as their num
ber one priority.
Shilongo said that they only have four clinics in the area with a number of outreach services that come in the area sporadically because of the poor roads in the area.
‘Our people suffer sometimes to acquire their medication on time because these health outreach services are always delayed due to the poor roads,’ he said.
He however emphasised that the government has planned to construct a few roads in the area when they receive funds to do so in the future.
The Director of Health and Social Services in the Oshikoto Region, Joshua Nghipangelwa also explained to Nampa that most of their vehicles are out of service due to poor roads in the region especially those that are in the Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency.
According to the 2023 Census preliminary results, the population of Nehale lyaMpingana is 17 317.
Source: The Namibia Press Agency