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Friday, February 17, 2006 - Web posted at 7:26:14 GMT

Oshakati braces for more flooding

* OSWALD SHIVUTE at OSHAKATI

THE Oshakati Town Council is in the process of relocating squatters who have erected shacks in oshanas to avert a crisis as heavy rain continues in the North.

Council spokesman Loth Nehemia says all potential flood victims are being registered and will be relocated to Ehenye in Oshakati east as soon as possible.

He said all warnings against illegal squatting in flood-prone areas had fallen on deaf ears, especially in the Uupindi informal settlement in Oshakati West.

When The Namibian visited Uupindi yesterday, residents complained of not having anywhere else to build their shacks and cuca shops.

They said the Council shouldn't have waited for a looming flood before relocating them.


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