{"id":380975,"date":"2025-09-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=380975"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:40:53","slug":"water-is-the-enabler-of-development-says-hamutumwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=380975","title":{"rendered":"Water is the enabler of development, says Hamutumwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARTS of the Ohangwena Region face drastic water scarcity that requires urgent solutions at a &#8220;business unusual&#8221; tempo, said Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa as she continued with her familiarisation tours to constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When she visited the recently rehabilitated earth dam at Odibo in the Oshikango Constituency, she said the dam had stored a large amount of water during the rainy season, enough for both animal and domestic use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-310x175.jpg 310w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540268497_122113933484964283_2293774835638231322_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PICTURED: The Governors of Ohangwena and Oshikoto, together with representatives from NamWater, the Ministry, and KfW, during a practical site visit in Nairobi, Kenya, where they observed an installed mobile desalination plant for underground boreholes. Photo: Office of the Governor &#8211; Ohangwena Region<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that one of the regional government\u2019s priorities is to rehabilitate more earth dams, especially in the flood-prone areas of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said that the dam rehabilitation should be done cost-effectively, &#8220;by us, for us,&#8221; in order to develop local capacity, increase the knowledge pool, and circulate money in the local economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor pointed out that with water availability, a lot can be achieved, including food production and the elimination of hunger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter PARTS of the Ohangwena Region face drastic water scarcity that requires urgent solutions at a &#8220;business unusual&#8221; tempo, said Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa as she continued with her familiarisation tours to constituencies. 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