Have Resources, Can Work
YOUR message about hard work for public servants come at the right time when we who are not in public sector have seen the reason as to why our brothers and sisters there cannot render efficient service. We blame them, but to be honest, there are those committed civil servants who want to deliver but the do not have resources to use in the execution of their duties.
I will give you an examples of the Otjozondjupa regional council: chief clerks at administrative and political levels have constituency councillors that have car schemes, but in Otjozondjupa it is only two constituencies that have transport, namely Okakarara and Tsumkwe, while the other five constituencies namely, Omatako, Okahandja, Grootfontein, Otavi and Otjiwarongo do not have transport.
It was later decided that Okakarara should have two (2) cars and Tsumkwe two (2) cars so that one of the cars from Okakarara could be shared by Omatako and Okahandja constituency, and that one of the cars from Tsumkwe be shared by Grootfontein and Otavi. The car from Tsumkwe was then withdrawn and given to Otavi and Grootfontein just for two months and after efforts failed to withdraw one car from Okakarara after it was defended by a very strong opposition councillor.
The decision was then revised that Okakarara constituency shares with Grootfontein and Otavi was left out .
The community demands service, but officials don’t have transport to reach us in Kombat, on farms and at Maroela Boom.
This issue was even taken up with the deputy speaker of the National Assembly on her outreach program in 2009, as one of the public wanted to know as to why the constituency office doesn’t have transport at their disposal because the community suffers.
You can follow this up with the regional councillor or the Governor as he is aware of this. What do we expect public servants to do if they don’t have resources, and telephone are closed so how do they make follow-ups?
Angry Otavi Resident
Via e-mail
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