Over N$100 million worth of livestock stolen in 22 months

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Namibian Police recorded that the theft of livestock has robbed Namibian farmers of N$123 008 655. This Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo yesterday during the stakeholder engagement between NamPol, the Namibian Agriculture Union and Namibia Emerging Farmers Union said that 23 791 livestock animals were stolen in seven regions between May 2021 and April 2023. According to the statistics, the Otjozondjupa Region recorded 1 008, Omaheke 625, Kunene 273, Omusati 462 and Ohangwena 201, Oshikoto 222 and Hardap recorded 323 cases of stock theft during the same period “Our criminal record shows…