Africa-Press – Botswana. The Okavango District needs well developed road networks and industrialisation to stimulate its economy.
This was said by Okavango West Member of Parliament, Mr Kenny Kapinga during a kgotla meeting in Ikoga on Wednesday. He emphasised that industrial development would generate employment opportunities, thereby enhancing the district economic development.
The MP therefore told his constituents to pin their hopes on a mine earmarked to start operations in their district in the near future. Mr Kapinga said the poor state of Sehithwa-Mohembo was also disadvantaging developments in the district. He said the district had a higher level of poverty with most people reliant on social welfare services hence required better infrastructure and industrialisation.
On other issues, Mr Kapinga said there was need to revive committees such as Village Extension Team, Crime Prevention Clusters, Parents Teachers Association and others. He observed that such structures helped in community developments and accountability.
Mr Kapinga further commended Ikoga Primary School for improvement in academic results in the past three years, with results ranging from 41 per cent in 2022, 87 per cent in 2023 and 88 per cent in 2024. He said such results were a hope that Okavango would have educated people of different professions in future. Mr Kapinga hence implored parents to fully support their children’s education to ensure that pupils continued to excel even at secondary schools.
Ikoga Village Development Committee representative, Ms Maikaelelo Sekandarase said the village deserved a pre-school and administration block at the primary school. She said there was a dire shortage of staff houses at the primary school while the existing ones were also dilapidated and bats infested.
She further raised concern about public transport that dropped Ikoga residents far, along Sepopa-Mohembo road instead of branching into their village. Ms Sekandarase also said some residents staying at the newly allocated plots had no access to water and power since they were said to be outside the water pipeline and power grid, saying this negatively affected their daily lives.
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