Hambukushu

01 Jul

Tweya questions Hambukushu treatment

ObserverNational NewsBwabwata National Park, e Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Hambukushu, Tjekero Tweya, Tweya questions Hambukushu treatment

Martin Endjala Swapo backbencher and member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Tjekero Tweya questioned why only the Hambukushu people cannot access the Bwabwata National Park. According to a Cabinet decision no domesticated animals are allowed in the national park. The Hambukushu people submitted a petition to the National Assembly on 19 November 2021calling the National Assembly to revisit the Cabinet decision of 1999; that no cattle beallowed in Bwabwata National Park or any other Game Park in the North-East among others. “Why is it that in other game parks animals are allowed and even those…

Parliament attends to Bwabwata dispute

ObserverUncategorisedHambukushu, Kyaramacan Association, Parliament attends to Bwabwata disput

Martin Endjala The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs commenced on Tuesday 15th March with its fact finding mission regarding complaints from the Hambukushu Traditional Authority about benefits for its people from the Bwabwata National Park. The mission follows a petition handed to the National Assembly on the 19th of November 2021 by the Hambukushu Traditional Authority. The document titled “Petition on the Management of the Bwabwata Communal Land by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism'' calls on the Parliament to revisit the Cabinet decision of 1999 that prohibits the rearing of domestic animals in the Bwabwata…