Maghambayi not happy with regional council performance

NAMPA

2025-02-05

RUNDU, 05 February 2025 - Chairperson of the Kavango East Regional Council, Damian Maghambayi. (Photo: Contributed)

RUNDU, 05 FEB (NAMPA) - Kavango East Regional Council chairperson, Damian Maghambayi, has expressed his disappointment in the regional council's overall performance.
Maghambayi in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday said some directorates or divisions are not performing, and they need to commit to developing the region.
He was speaking during a two-week meeting in Otjiwarongo, where council leadership and delegated function managers are reviewing the 2023/25 strategic plan and developing the five-year plan for 2025-2029. The meeting, which started on Tuesday, will conclude on 14 February 2025.
The chairperson said he expects the administration department to perform well as it is responsible for the procurement of goods and services.
Maghambayi said the necessary documents and paperwork needed to procure certain goods and services are submitted to the department on time, but processing is often delayed.
"We have issues that require rectification in our internal audit as well. There is a need to introduce an element of assessing budget execution," he said.
Maghambayi further noted that the region at times struggles to implement certain projects as some divisions claim to have funding constraints, but at the end of the financial year, they discover funds that have piled up.
"How justifiable will that be? At the end of the day, we are being blamed as politicians that nothing is being done," he said.
Maghambayi encouraged staff to improve their performance to ensure service delivery that contributes to the upliftment of livelihoods in the region.
In 2023, the Auditor General reported that the regional council failed to submit financial statements for the 2021 to 2023 financial years while the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) released a governance assessment report in which it found that the Kavango East Regional Council was the worst performing council among all 14 regional councils.
Maghambayi said the meeting in Otjiwarongo is focusing on addressing all these issues to ensure improved transparency and accountability.
(NAMPA)
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