Omuthiya: The Oshikoto Regional Council officially launched its Strategic Plan and Communication Strategy for the period 2025/26-2029/30 on Monday in Omuthiya.

According to Namibia Press Agency, Chief Regional Officer, Christella Mwenyo, explained that the communication strategy is designed to strengthen transparency, foster meaningful engagement, and promote sustained collaboration between the Council and its stakeholders. The strategic plan establishes a framework to guide planning, resource allocation, performance monitoring, and evaluation of the Council's initiatives.

"Following today's launch, our immediate priorities will include developing a comprehensive roll-out and implementation roadmap, prioritising capacity-building initiatives, ensuring inclusivity at every level, and instituting robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms with regular feedback loops to assess effectiveness and enable adaptive management," Mwenyo said.

She emphasised that the successful realisation of the Council's vision would depend on several critical enablers such as leadership and political commitment, seamless internal and external communication, collaboration between political and administrative leadership, and the allocation of adequate, realistic budgets.

Reflecting on the achievements of the preceding strategic cycle, Mwenyo highlighted progress in expanding rural water access, constructing constituency and settlement offices, delivering 580 ventilated improved pit toilets, establishing new townships, providing training and support to 171 micro, small, and medium enterprise owners, advancing capacity-development programmes, and maintaining low-cost housing initiatives.

"The Strategic Plan represents the Council's pledge to the people of Oshikoto Region and it is a commitment to deliver services with diligence, plan with foresight, manage resources with responsibility, and implement government programmes with integrity," she added.

With this launch, the Oshikoto Regional Council has signalled a renewed dedication to transparent, accountable, and citizen-centred governance over the next five years.