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\0 :a -t Republic of Namibia MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT MOTIVATION STATEMENT VOTE 23 Department of Works Date: 30 March 2016 2016/2017 FINANCIAL YEAR Presented by: BY HON.
SANKWASA JAMES SANKWASA DEPUTY MINISTER VOTE 23: WORKS Budget speech for the financial year 2016/2017 by Honourable Sankwasa J. Sankwasa, Minister of Works and Transport Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee Please accept our gratitude as a Ministry for this opportunity to introduce to this August House Vote 23, Department for the financial year 2016/2017.
of Works of 23 for the also caters facilities, provision institutional Vote office accommodation, official accommodation (housing), as well as the management and maintenance of Government properties.
Under this Vote, the Department of Works to essential OfficeslMinistriesl Agencies with regard to the implementation of Capital the provision of standard Construction Projects on the Development Budget, stock, material supplies as well as printing services and the maintenance of garden infrastructure and equipment, amongst others.

The programmes under this vote are therefore built around these core responsibilities.
technical services renders and Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee the this juncture introduce allow me budgetary to At requirements for the Department of Works for the 2016/201 7 financial year, which amounts to N$ 667 393 000.00.

From this amount, N$632,764,000.00 which represents 94.81010 of the total budget will go into operational activities.

The remaining N$ 34,629,000.00 which represents 5.19% of the total budget will be spent on capital related investments.
total PROGRAM 1: PROVISION OF HORTICULTURAL GRN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SERVICE CENTRES SERVICES TO Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee this program is to render gardening services The purpose of to Government Office Buildings and service centres including planning, layout, planting, watering, general fertilizing, maintenance, supply and maintenance of pot plants, maintenance of swimming pools and provide plants for decorations during National events.
cleaning, pruning, Under this programme, the Ministry succeeded to maintain gardens at different functional buildings, by constantly cutting grasses as well as and trimming agencies are supplied with decorative office plants of different kind.

trees.

Different ministries, existing offices small For this program, I request an amount of N$ 12,150,000.00 under this program.
PROGRAM 2: PROVISION OF STORES AND PRINTING SERVICES Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee The purpose of this Program is to facilitate the provision of office furniture, equipment and other office materials and supplies as well as Institutions, and the administering printing services to all Government of auctioneering services for Government.

The Program also allows and for budgetary to commence with the upgrading provision 21Page renovation Services.
of the Government Central Stores and Reproduction For this program, I request an amount ofN$ 28,678,000.00 PROGRAM PROPERTIES 3: MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT Honourable Chairperson H on oura ble Mem bers of the Whole House Committee this programme is to administer to improve working and maintain The purpose of government buildings and related infrastructure to the best possible of standard, aIM/A's of Government It will in both rural and urban areas in all also improve living conditions to fourteen regions by providing sound environment management government remote places where municipal at services are not provided.
in order to operate more efficiently.

staff members conditions facilities far off for of the level appreciation To ensure appropriate and required maintenance budget allocation, infrastructure and the Ministry will undertake regional assessment visits to maintenance, intends to conduct a technical The Ministry further all regions.

appraisal of all government to identify priority areas where infrastructure and buildings need to be maintained and or upgraded as a matter of priority and urgency.
infrastructure government and assets in order of for infrastructure and buildings maintenance The budget allocations function currently is performed by various aIM!

A's, leaving the Ministty with a meagre budget allocation.

Be that as it is, all aIM!

A's still expects the Ministry of Works to undertake all the maintenance works.'
31Page The servicmg, maintaining and overhauling of water pumps and generator sets as well as the rehabilitation of other existing specialised installations also form part of this program.

Further examples of specialised installations are the boilers, lifts, cooling and sewer plants.

The maintenance of Government properties and installations ensures the sustainability thereof.
in Okongo and Helao Nafidi, the construction of The documentation of Eenhana Regional Office, and the upgrading of Sub-Offices existing Sub-Offices included under this programme will facilitate having more offices in the remote rural areas.

in Ruacana, Tsumeb and Tsumkwe For programme, I request an amount of N$ 312, 456, 000.00 under this program.
PROGRAM 4: PROVISION OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee immovable, The purpose of this programme is to assess the accommodation needs register, manage, control and dispose of Offices/Ministries/ Agencies, suitable as well all accommodation by means of hire or purchase processes.

Under this programme, transactions pertaining to the procurement, expropriation and exchange of property on behalf of Government.
the Department of Works properties, acquire handle the as to 41Page year 2015/2016, of Six Million Eighty Thousand Namibia Dollar The exercise on the sale of government pool houses is an ongoing process.

During the Financial Sixty two (62) Government Pool Houses have been sold to the occupants and an (N$ amount 6 080 000.00) continues attending to subdivisions of affected properties countrywide and the valuations of these properties are conducted by the valuators in the Ministry.

of Land Reform.
of Land Reform.

The Department is constantly addressing the issue of properties erroneously transferred to Local Authorities, and some individuals.

generated.
generated.

The Department has being Included in the amount required for this Program is the operational budget (utilities) for paying rates and taxes to Local Authorities in the amount of N$ 25,110,000.00 while N$ 84 803 000.00 is provided for under Property Rental and Related charges which will be used for financing the rental of office accommodation for Offices/ Ministries/ Institutions have reasonable and Agencies, adequate facilities to operate from.
The program further includes the purchasing of land for development and property assessment studies.

An increase in the number of OIM!

A'S has resulted in an increase in the demand for office accommodation.
to ensure that Government For this programme, I request an amount of N$ 119, 010, 000.00 PROGRAM 5: CONSTRUCTION GOVERNMENT REGULATION, COORDINATION AND SUPERVISION BUILDINGS Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee is to successfully plan, supervise, The purpose of this programme monitor and finally hand over to LineMinistries completed capital construction projects, renovated and upgraded Government buildings 51Page in systems and properly maintained electrical and mechanical buildings.
The Program is in regulating, coordinating and initiating building quality and technical standards to an average of 350 projects running concurrently during any given financial year.

involved actively review, During the period under the Department once again successfully managed a variety of ongoing capital construction projects on behalf of line Ministries worth in excess ofN$ 450million.
With the typical building construction project cycle as introduced by the Department now fully in place to guide the budgeting process by line Ministries, it successfully contributed to realistic and balanced implementation on the projects of development budget capital for the 2015/16 financial year.
and programmes Under this program Photo-Voltaic Systems, allowing for basic power; lights and hot water, are installed and 1 or refurbished in existing Government schools and clinics in remote areas where the National electrification grid does not reach.

Provision has been made in the 2016/17 financial year for the installation of photo-voltaic systems at government facilities without connections to the national grid in the Oshana and Omusati Regions.
The Program administers and regulates the Act on Professional bodies involved in the Construction Industry (Architects, Quantity Surveyors and Engineers) and supervises and monitors the construction work by contractors on Government projects including office buildings and service centres.
For this programme, I request an amount of N$ 87,644,000.00 61Page PROGRAM 6: SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee including budgeting, support The purpose of this program is to provide Administrative services, affairs.
of personnel Another activity of the Program is to provide and manage a stable, reliable, sustainable and cost-effective l'C'I' services and to establish and maintain a sustainable network infrastructure, the maintenance of computer software and hardware networking and support.
accounting of the Ministerial This Program also oversee the implementation are well Wellness Programmes informed about diseases like HIV /AIDS and related illness as well as risks involved with the abuse of alcohol and risks associated with obesity etc.

to ensure that all staff members For this programme, I request an amount of N$ 107,455,000.00 Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee 71Paoe <=' Summary: Vote 23 Works Programme Provision 1.
Provision of Horticultural Services of GRN office buildings and service centre 2.

Provision of stores and printing services 3.

Maintenance of Government Properties of 4. requirements 5.

Government construction buildings regulation, coordination and supervision 6.
Supervision and support services Total accommodation office Amount (N$'OOO) 12 150 28678 312456 119 010 87644 107 455 667 393 In light of the Programs outlined above, I now humbly request this August House to approve the total expenditure of M667 393 000.00 23: Department of Works.

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