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STATEMENT ON THE APPROPRIATION BILL 2016/2017 BY HON.

CDE USUTUAIJE MAAMBERUA PRESIDENT OF SWANU OF NAMIBIA Honourable Speaker, Honourable Elected Representatives of the various Namibian constituencies gathered in this august house, Honourable Members Fellow Namibians, Invited and interested guests, Members of the Media, patriotic and progressive let me note with a sense of appreciation of two African Presidents who within their I greet you all with a passionate spirit.
Before I proceed achievements year in Office had their countries' budgets presented the usual Buhari of Nigeria.

To consolidate discussion sometime Day or cut-off date, when the budget will be tabled every year.

time.
President Geingob of Namibia and President this gain I would propose a a fixed Budget to determine first ahead of in the future, in this formation committed of Parliament house representing still unwaveringly the only As the only member and political to the socialist ethos and world compassionately I will outlook my intervention would be three pronged: First, ideologically; to locate the proposed budget attempt Secondly, I shall share specific comments and observations on a few selected respective budget items; Thirdly, I shall share my party's vision moving forward with comradely and budgeting regard to sufficiently.
appropriately, suitably 1 1.

THE BUDGET IN PERSPECTIVE are two aspects Ideologically there One, the overwhelming thinking shaping the formulation budget, and the other one, Dream (Vision 2030).

that need highlighting.

of the its disconnect with the National quotation thinking.
It does not realities that The ideological ethos underlining this budget are not easily discernable but it seems to be espousing loudly the values of speak to the neo-liberal economic the country objective concrete dialectical material an and nation are facing and experiencing lines interesting from Stiglitz it It ••• macroeconomic involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently ...".

Somehow the budget conveniently shies away from specifying social classes.
We the fundamental should not struggle, therefore the ultimate destination is a classless society.

policy can never be devoid of politics: impact on the various daily.

It contains is a class that ours loose along sight the there direction suggested and interventions is hardly any mention of Vision More interestingly, 2030 which would have gone some distance to contextualise the proposed in the document.
In short, with its apparent delink from Vision 2030 and, thus, as A STATUS QUO budget qualifies ancestral (Inherited land) ....Thousands on a trajectory that will put the country and nation on development the path of moving ItFROM EACH ACCORDING TO HER/HIS ABILITY TO EACH ACCORDING TO HER\HIS NEEDS ...

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to be categorised wealth and of kilometers away from embarking question the of it 2 2.
SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON THE A FEW RESPECTIVE BUDGETITEMS Honourable august house, Speaker and distinguished members of this of a party that embraces As a representative socialism and preaches justice} I would dismally be dishonest the SWAPO-Ied Namibian job in prioritising government Education} Health and General Welfare in its appropriation endeavour.

Well done!
Well done!

social and economic if I did not commend for having done a sterling to aspects ensure which 2.1 HEALTHSECTOR However} it is one thing to allocate money to a sector while it is another matter sector concerned have been prioritised.

Will the money appropriated for the Health Sector be spent System more accessible those budgeted for the provision our health problem?

to make our National Health to the majority of and affordable living just on or below the bread line?
Have we at barrier of interpretation the to address language facilities services the of I do not detect through this budget achieving a socialised Health System, underpinned others by a NATIONALHEALTHINSURANCEPOLICY.

any intention aimed at among 3 2.2 EDUCATION has sector and appreciable As alluded to above it is remarkable in education Appropriation Bill 2016/2017.

Only hope is that would be buttressed expected Training Centres in all the Regions.
that the this Draft the allocation by concrete practical action to yield the of Vocational establishment prioritised such as results been the 2.3 DEFENCE to the Ministry of to compared is sufficient into the role the military may play in this time round to ponder being put as to whether the appropriation It is of course notable that Defence has been modest previous allocations.

Again one is left thought advancing imperative?


Examples abound around the globe, role, the industrialisation Japan, the State of Israel, and China lately, few.

Is our Defence Ministry being utilised optimally?

like Britain, France, our developmental Industrial Military Complex has played of countries agenda there including the in the the USA, to name all but a and industrialisation Comrade Speaker, much as I appreciate (Police & Defence), Security dehumanizing Shall we speed up the renovations?
living conditions Sector the allocation to the the I and quarters.

lament still in the barracks 3.

WAY FORWARD We are hardly left with 13.5 years to go before the Vision 2030 deadline for attaining an industrialised developed nation status.

4 budgeting as an As such we need to learn to appreciate essential planning tool that we should optimise in order to attain the noble goals we had set ourselves.
The fight to eradiate poverty must be taken literally as a WAR SLOGANin the manner the incumbent President of the Republic of Namibia has aptly articulated it.

the scourge of poverty is fanned by mainly things: Lack of Skills for people to be gainfully Lack of access to In our context three employed or become entrepreneurs; financial resources; and Landlessness.
the finalisation of the NEEEF In a similar vein I hope that will be accelerated in order to facilitate historically (class) join the mainstream economic disadvantaged Namibians activities.

Land Question must be become a high priority budget item for the next decade if we are effectively to address the question of "landlessness" in this country which is the major source of the poverty and concomitant of the 2nd squalor National Land Conference today as it was yesterday.
Thus question is as urgent surrounds that us.

adopted Honourable Speaker, Honourable members of Parliament, In 2006, exactly ten (10) years ago, we in this august a Motion on Genocide and Reparation house unanimously.

The motion is very specific and identified should be embarked certain actions the in order upon concerned victims, Germany and Government of Namibia).
and activities to facilitate that a dialogue the genocide parties between (that is 5 brought Our government to the table and the process has reportedly reached an advanced stage} if the appointment are by anything to go by.

governments of Envoys their part both In doing so} there government with regard to this issue.

are serious commitments on our However, Honourable Speaker, Honourable members, I did not see a single mention REPARATION issue.

Was CHANCE?
Was CHANCE?

it a commission of the GENOCIDE and by CHOICE or an omission by If the issue is so serious to deserve the appointment of an ENVOY and a plethora of Technical Committees how do we intend to resource and events related to this matter?
the activities I would leave you with this quotation At the end of this short statement that Luxemburg: Andersdenkenden" freedom for the one who thinks differently" I feel as usual so free from Rosa des "Freedom is always, and exclusively} "Freiheit Freiheit immer die ist I THANKYOUl 6