It's One Town
ALLOW me space in your esteemed daily.
There has been disturbing talk and often exaggerated comparision of
two northern towns, Ongwediva and Oshakati.
It is on record that Ongwediva is clean and well-managed and one
couldn't agree more.
But comparing the two in terms of cleanliness is pretty much
unfair.
As far as I am concerned Ongwediva is by and large a residential
district rather than a metropolitan town like Oshakati.
In fact there are fewer industrial and business activities
taking place at Ongwediva than at Oshakati.
To give an example, Ongwediva has its own open market where only
a few do their business.
Again a sizeable number of working people residing in Ongwediva
either work in Oshakati, Ondangwa or in the surrounding towns and
villages, Ongwediva included, conduct their business and do their
shopping.
In essence, masses of Ongwediva residents also do contribute to
the unhygienic conditions in Oshakati if there is any.
Just imagine how much of a burden to the Oshakati town council
to provide cleaning services to the masses who do not even pay
rates and taxes to Oshakati Municipality.
The odds are that some people may seek to score cheap political
points by comparing an apple to a lemon.
One wonders what Ongwediva would become without Oshakati.
In fact Ongwediva is more like one of Oshakati's suburbs and one
would think that these two towns have a unified cleaning
system.
Instead of competing they must forge mutual co-operation,
because to me Ongwediva and Oshakati is just one big town.
Paulus Ashipala
Windhoek
It is on record that Ongwediva is clean and well-managed and one
couldn't agree more.But comparing the two in terms of cleanliness
is pretty much unfair.As far as I am concerned Ongwediva is by and
large a residential district rather than a metropolitan town like
Oshakati.In fact there are fewer industrial and business activities
taking place at Ongwediva than at Oshakati.To give an example,
Ongwediva has its own open market where only a few do their
business.Again a sizeable number of working people residing in
Ongwediva either work in Oshakati, Ondangwa or in the surrounding
towns and villages, Ongwediva included, conduct their business and
do their shopping.In essence, masses of Ongwediva residents also do
contribute to the unhygienic conditions in Oshakati if there is
any.Just imagine how much of a burden to the Oshakati town council
to provide cleaning services to the masses who do not even pay
rates and taxes to Oshakati Municipality.The odds are that some
people may seek to score cheap political points by comparing an
apple to a lemon.One wonders what Ongwediva would become without
Oshakati.In fact Ongwediva is more like one of Oshakati's suburbs
and one would think that these two towns have a unified cleaning
system.Instead of competing they must forge mutual co-operation,
because to me Ongwediva and Oshakati is just one big town.Paulus
Ashipala
Windhoek