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THE MESSAGE OF HOPE

THE RDP HAS BEEN BORN TO BRING ABOUT A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU ALL KNOW THAT TODAY NAMIBIA IS EXPERIENCING WIDESPREAD POVERTY. THIS GROWING POVERTY HAS NOT SEEN ANY ABATEMENT OVER THE LAST 19 YEARS OF NAMIBIA’S INDEPENDENCE.

ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, THE KAVANGO REGION HAS THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE OF ALL THE 13 REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY. IN THIS RESPECT, THE REGION IS FOLLOWED BY THE OHANGWENA REGION. THIS IS DEMONSTRATED BY ECONOMIC INDICATORS, SUCH AS, LACK OF ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, ROADS, TELECOMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE HOSPITALS, CLINICS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.