Resident of close to 485 homesteads at Sikondo village in the Kavango West region will soon do away with candles for lighting and firewood for cooking after the village is electrified.
Over the past six years, and with the assistance of Gondwana Collection and the Kavango West Regional Council, the community raised N$ 400 000 towards the electrification of their village that has been without electricity for decades.
An engineer for the northern Namibia’s regional Electricity Distributor (Nored), Petrus Mafungwe, said during the signing of the agreement with the contractor on Tuesday that at least N$3 million is needed to power the village.
He explained that the electrification project is funded by the Ministry of Industrialisation, Mines and Energy, while Nored is responsible for design, contract administration and supervision of the contractor.
Mafungwe said that the ministry, under its rural electrification division, has availed N$2.7 million towards the electrification project that will see the setup of three transformers and power lines which will take three months to complete.
Councillor Johannes Karondo of the Kapako constituency where Sikondo village is located, said his constituency has the highest population in the region and many more villages need to be electrified.
Local resident Gabriel Tomea expressed gratitude to the government, saying electricity will give them access to light and other resources.
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