President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is studying the recommendations of the final report of the 5th Boundaries, Delimitation and Demarcation Commission.

Press Secretary at the Presidency, Dr. Alfredo Hengari, said the President is also considering a number of aspects of the report.

The 5th Boundaries, Delimitation, and Demarcation Commission, headed by retired Judge Petrus Unengu, submitted the final report to the now-former President Nangolo Mbumba in January of this year before he stepped down.

Mbumba then directed an engagement with the Commission on the aspects of the report before the power transition took place.

"As you can imagine, it is a highly complex report with a number of recommendations that the President and government should consider. Currently, the report is on the table of our 5th President; she is perusing the report, looking at its findings and recommendations, so it implies that the President and the Cabinet can accept some of the recommendations and seek clarifications on others. Also, it is within the powers of the President to discard some of the recommendations because, as you can imagine, shifting boundaries of towns and villages and creating new constituencies would require resources, so when the President is considering this report, she is considering a number of aspects."

During the submission of the report, the Boundaries, Delimitation, and Demarcation Commission argued against the creation of any new regions.

This is despite the numerous proposals made by inhabitants in the Oshikoto, Ohangwena and Otjozondjupa regions, advocating for these to be split into two.

Chairperson Unengu said at the time that the Commission made the decision to not recommend the creation of new regions after benchmarking against countries such as Angola, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 

He argued that these countries have much higher populations yet fewer regions or provinces compared to Namibia. 

The Commission has, however, recommended seven regional boundary adjustments, the creation of ten new constituencies and two constituencies to be renamed.