||Kharas Region chairperson, Joseph Isaaks has urged the community in his constituency to register small businesses in order to participate in the government tendering process for projects and create jobs for themselves and others.
Isaaks who made the remarks here on Sunday during the Landless People’s Movement feedback to electorates said the procurement act makes preference for the locals.
“We cannot just continue to work for other people, stand up and register companies so that you participate in the tendering process,” he stressed.
He also advised the youth to further their studies at the institution of higher learning that are present in his constituency so that they qualify for government jobs adding that he is pushing for geographical preference.
“You must meet the requirement for that job, but first the region, if we do not have anyone from the region that does not qualify for that specific position then we can look at other regions, you are the people that voted for us not people from other regions. We will get where we need to be,” said Isaaks
The chairperson of the Keetmanshoop municipality management committee, Easter Isaak shared the same sentiments with Isaaks calling on the youth to further their education for them to get the much-needed jobs.
“You need qualifications, the other issue is that we need to stand together as residents of this town and push this town forward,” he cited.
LPM leader Bernadus Swartbooi said the meeting aim for local and regional councillors to give feedback on the progress the party has made in the past 11 months, challenges they faced and the way forward.
Swartbooi while urging the electorates to be patient with the councillors and give more time to deliver on the promises made during campaigns, stressed that councillors should stand with the community and deliver on their promises.
“We need to plan, councillors without plans will fail, we have seen this with councillors that were in the offices for 31 years. They failed because they did not plan.
Similar meetings are also scheduled to take place in other towns and constituencies.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency
