During debates on the N$460 million budget for the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations, Members of Parliament raised concerns about fairness in the justice system, discriminatory provisions, inconsistent rulings, and poor infrastructure access in rural areas.
The National Assembly has approved the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy's vote of N$827 million.
The vote will now move to National Council.
Various members of Parliament in the National Assembly have raised a number of issues during the discussion of the Ministry of International Relations and Trade vote of a N$1.37 billion budget.
Members of Parliament made contributions to the N$682 million allocation to the Information and Communication Technology Ministry.
They mostly raise issues on cybersecurity, network accessibility and state media.
The country's defence budget vote, amounting to N$7.5 billion, has been approved in the National Assembly and will now be reviewed by the National Council.
Budget allocation of over N$1.5 billion to vote for veterans has been approved in the National Assembly for the 2026/2027 financial year.
However, MPs stated that many veterans remain undocumented and are not granted the status; therefore, they do not qualify to benefit from veteran projects.
The National Assembly has approved an amount of about N$12.9 billion to be allocated to the Ministry of Finance.
Members of Parliament shared their views and suggestions on the budget prior to the approval of the vote.
The defence sector has been allocated about N$7.5 billion for the 2026/2027 financial year.
Various concerns were raised by MPs regarding the budget allocation towards the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
MPs gave their suggestions on where they expect to see improvement in the sector and how it could be better capacitated to cater to all citizens nationwide.
Members of Parliament in the National Assembly have approved the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s budget of N$181 million for the 2026/2027 financial year.
PDM MP Diederik Vries questioned the allocation for non-personnel expenditure.
