Pressure is mounting on the minister of finance and public enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi, to prioritise the reallocation of funds to the social sector, such as health, education, and pensioners’, disability and other grants.
Shiimi will announce the ministry’s midterm budget at the parliament this afternoon.
Rinaani Musutua, an activist and trustee at the Economic and Social Justice Trust, yesterday told Desert Radio the trust is expecting the minister to make decisions which would improve the lives of ordinary Namibians.“We expect the minister to improve expenditure on social issues. Last week I had a consultative meeting with him, and we told […]
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