Kavango West clean-up campaign dates announced

RUNDU, 08 MAY – The Kavango West Region’s two-week clean-up campaign will commence on Friday, in line with President Hage Geingob’s call for a national clean-up day on 25 May.
Geingob announced the national clean-up date during his State of the Nation Address in April.
The campaign in the Kavango West Region will start at the Siurungu village and Kakuro, followed by Maporesa and Karanawa on 18 May 2018.
The Rupara village will be cleaned on 19 May, while Musese, Mbambi and Nankundu village will be tidied on 20 May 2018.
On 21 May 2018, the clean-up campaign will extend to Mayongora in the Ncamagoro Constituency, Nzinze in the Musese Constituency and Simanya village in the Mpungu Constituency.
The following day, 22 May, the cleaning activities will be at the Kakuwa village in the Mpungu Constituency, Naucova in the Musese Constituency followed by Katope ko Mugoro, Tuguva, Hema and Mbeyo in the Ncamagoro Constituency and Ncuncuni village in the Ncuncuni Constituency.
Nkurenkuru and other nearby places and villages will be cleaned on the exact day of the national clean-up – 25 May 2018.
He said at the time that it is unacceptable that due to littering, Namibians have allowed the City of Windhoek to lose its position as the ‘Cleanest City in Africa’ to Kigali in Rwanda.
The nationwide clean-up campaign was initially scheduled for 01 May, which is perennially celebrated as Workers’ Day (May Day).
Meanwhile, Kavango West Governor, Sirkka Ausiku told Nampa upon enquiry on Monday that a regional committee has been formed to deal with all preparations.
Ausiku heads the committee that includes all members of the Kavango West Regional Council as well as local authority councillors and Chief Regional Officer, Mpasi Katewa.
“We also have a technical committee which is headed by the CRO and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nkurenkuru Town Council, Petrus Sindimba, to look at the logistics part of the campaign,” said Ausiku.
The governor said she met with the two traditional authorities in the region – Ukwangali and Mbunza – to assist in other areas of the campaign.
She said their structures from the chiefs to village headmen and women can assist in educating villagers to keep their environments clean.
“The reason we met with the traditional authorities is that we just don’t want the clean-up campaign to be a once of thing on the 25th, but we want the programme to continue on a monthly basis.”
Ausiku said they aim to educate residents through radio programmes on the importance of a clean environment and to instil a culture of cleanliness.
NAMPA