Some Oshikoto drought beneficiaries to be left out of rice donation

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2025-02-18

GROOTFONTEIN, 20 December 2017 - Some of the rice meant to assist impoverished community members at Grootfontein, which was confiscated by the police on 14 December. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OMUTHIYA, 18 FEB (NAMPA) – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has confirmed that a total of 1 485 households out of the 28 485 Oshikoto Region drought beneficiary households, will not receive a 50kg bag of rice as the region only received 27 000 bags.
According to a letter from OPM Executive Director, I-Ben Nashandi to Oshikoto Chief Regional Officer, Christella Mwenyo on 29 January 2025, the rice was donated to the Government of Namibia by t...

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