{"id":375945,"date":"2025-06-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=375945"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:58:59","slug":"zambia-namibia-explore-partnership-on-decentralisation-waste-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=375945","title":{"rendered":"Zambia, Namibia explore partnership on decentralisation &#038; waste management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ON the sidelines of the resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Gift Sialubalo, MP, met with Namibia\u2019s Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, MP, to discuss potential collaboration in decentralisation, local governance, and local authority service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sankwasa expressed Namibia\u2019s interest in Zambia\u2019s implementation of its decentralisation policy, particularly the devolution of functions from central government all the way up to local authorities. 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These kinds of engagements are critical in shaping responsive and people-centred governance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sialubalo further expressed interest in learning from Namibia\u2019s approaches to sustainable waste management, noting the growing urgency of the issue due to increasing urbanization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting concluded with both parties agreeing to pursue avenues for future technical exchanges, study visits, and broader collaboration in areas of shared interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ON the sidelines of the resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Gift Sialubalo, MP, met with Namibia\u2019s Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, MP, to discuss potential collaboration in decentralisation, local governance, and local authority service delivery. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":375953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zambia, Namibia explore partnership on decentralisation &amp; 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