Continued thefts derail business at Etayi

IIPANDA – Thieves are disrupting business in the Etayi Constituency in the North by breaking into cuca shops at the Iipandayamiti and Ongoloti centres.

The continuous break-ins and thefts, cuca shop owners say, started as far back as 1999. They charge that the Police have done little about the problem.Shop owners told Nampa that their investigations had revealed that most of the thieves allegedly came from Oshakati, particularly from the Ompumbu informal settlement.”This non-stop theft taking place at our shops is derailing our business plans and discouraging us from doing business.We do not buy new stock any more because of the fear that we would lose our items at the hand of these criminals,” said Sofia Iiyambo, one of the shop owners at Ongoloti.Four shops at Iipandayamiti were broken into on Sunday evening when a group of thieves cut the roofs open.- NampaThey charge that the Police have done little about the problem.Shop owners told Nampa that their investigations had revealed that most of the thieves allegedly came from Oshakati, particularly from the Ompumbu informal settlement.”This non-stop theft taking place at our shops is derailing our business plans and discouraging us from doing business.We do not buy new stock any more because of the fear that we would lose our items at the hand of these criminals,” said Sofia Iiyambo, one of the shop owners at Ongoloti.Four shops at Iipandayamiti were broken into on Sunday evening when a group of thieves cut the roofs open.- Nampa

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