The Omaheke Regional Council handed over 260 cattle to the Itireleng Community Council at Epukiro RC in the Okorukambe Constituency.
The livestock project is meant for self-sustainability and wealth creation of local communities.
A farmer in the Okorukambe Constituency, Republic Ngahahe, is facing eviction from Farm Ozombahe, as he is not from the area.
Farm Ozombahe belongs to the residents of Omitara; however, Ngahahe, a native of the Otjinene Constituency, spent three years there.
A resettled commercial farmer at Okorukambe in the Omaheke Region, Agnes Tjiramba, has urged fellow farmers to come up with ways to address developmental challenges.
Retired nurse Tjiramba said agriculture has the potential to solve many socio-economic challenges.
The Okorukambe Constituency Office in the Omaheke Region has aided residents at Omitara Settlement with material to begin income-generating activities.
The office also assisted three local schools with modern technology, all to a combined value of N$200,000.
Omaheke Regional Council has resolved to support the development of irrigation systems in the Aminuis and Okorukambe constituencies to assist in food security efforts and improve drought resilience in the region.
Resettled farmers in Boomlager, Okorukambe Constituency, are grappling with a severe water shortage after their borehole dried up years ago. Residents are forced to travel long distances to fetch water from nearby farms.
Okorukambe Constituency Councillor Rocco Nguvauva is pleased with the progress made at the Epukiro RC to Epukiro Pos 3 phase two road construction.
The eight-kilometre-long phase-two bitumen road is expected to be completed next year.
The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorua, officially handed over a site for the construction of phase two of the road that will link the Okorukambe and Epukiro constituencies in the Omaheke Region.
The Constituency Councillor of Okorukambe in the Omaheke Region, Rocco Nguvauva, is pleased with the progress made by the government, through the Roads Authority, in completing upgrades to the Du Plessis Farm-Epukiro RC Road, to low volume seal standard.
