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Bud et S eech 2016 2017 Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, 1.

I rise before this August House with a deep sense of appreciation to introduce Vote 25 for the Ministry of Lands Reform for the 2016/2017 Financial Year and to seek your support and approval.
I also reiterate my support for the budget presented by the Minister of Finance, Honourable Calle Schlettwein earlier in this House and appreciate the efforts of the Minister charged1~~t their Permanent Secretaries and the entire ational Planning Commission, Jim.

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Before I proceed witp.<mystateIllent, allow meto stat~that, d strq!~gic programmeiIloufnational - -i<:,/-~--'~~;_(.

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'on .. 'c all Namibians programme i agenda, ~ It inistry in particular, -.
the Land Reform development across the social and to it isourmandate • :$I:~,~t~~~~ll~,.cp-omthis important resource (land) and the goal to-eradicate PQ¥~~~fi:Y /,,~;:~~,~_~~/*,):>- 0 across/the social strata and .

'the:,agf5 :\Ibe ac .. ... ri df5million develop~(riilto Smal1Sc~leCommercial ,'-:!

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:Z hectares of land ill communal areas; -,~:<- Farming Units by 20ie ., OO?i,sadvantaged families per annum.~'!l .. '~, d .. :i;, t; ,1t·.~ he •.".<'6i+la.'

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tent ' he"'i"&;,,pment .. "',~<~!~~'ih' or fiX~~~(:lJfferent~.,:~,,~onspy 2016, _ he "dev'€lbpment ,'()'~;4 Small Scale Commercial Farming Units~9Y Irttegrated Regional Land Use Plarls (IRLUPs) ' ,_-?;_.?_-_:__~:-.:~r.:-o.

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," 016indesignatea,r be establishment of fundamental spatial data sets with a coverage.of .. as; ''It,' ·75%, by 2015/2016.

2 c 2016 2017 Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, 4.

Whilst tabling Vote 25, the Ministry acknowledges the various initiatives embodied in Vision 2030, the Fourth National DevelopmentPlanJNDP4] and lately the Harambee Prosperity Plan.
These initiatives are all pillars of sustainable development of ol,lfcolintry through improved programme and project the targeted efforts to mitigate the challenges posed by poverty; inequalititt,s and.uplifting the living standards of all.Namibians, that targets the socio-economicdevelopment implementation and tt income ~'.i.-:-::Fr ~- 5.

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he Ministry of Land Refomi, I now have thepleasll.fe: tog~~ d 'l-c.' ,- _~.J-·i over the last Financial Year.
rnTenIlPlan will focus' ion and Allocation ", 6.

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ograPlmeccontinues ','.............."~it::-'~:~ .... to b~:ai,prj:~~t:y::~' resettled and (jthe!s",,~fiav'e;'i sshemes tQ:,~etc,~Gcess.to: land, vit.}is,.·.

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note t~at the.demaIl~f~r tg the eve~tlncreasmg requests for land the Mlm~Jry•.~wce.tpd~IlSJ?-i~n~,e7has 4rtS farms-measuring ..(2.9~i!~on hec~£~es'at"CitottilcdSt-ofNSlA ._'~quired , - -billion cN~"mibian Dollars, The#'Mfnlstr&~ii~§till toacquire\;l~~ther._2.t' -'-~: - -7~::~'-"-c_ ,- • .."#- "~-'-" _' __ "'.

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'~_"I"i "fuilJi~()nh5ctares to realise the said ta~~t*R ,z'O,z-q.

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During 2015/2016 Financial Year, and Eight and Two Thousand, the Ministry acquired 36 farms Thousand hectares measuring One Hundred Three and Ninety Million, (183,294.1250 ha) at a total cost of Two Hundred Four Hundred and Fifty Five Namibian Dollars, Sixty Five Cents (N$ 290, 402, 255.65) out of the Three Hundred and Thirty Six Million Namibian Dollars (N$336 000 000.00) allocated under this programme, against the set target of One Hundred and annum, Thousand Eight.Seven (187000 represet!ti!lg,.,,~, achievement of 98%.
In this regard 57 families were resettled during!Jhe period Apri12015to February 2016.

Two Hundred hectares) hectares 'per 8.

To empower Resejtlement .

followmg mt .•• ~t"';\,<; .

",W. farmers, the Ministry has embarked upon the .

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However, '~ftofwat~~1:txperts the Ministry.manag7~"lgkspend 'ii.·· (N$27~000,OOOr'~n the :.ib~~;~i.~~l1~rs dlesonresettlement farms.
'~t•.ri~tllre t$lillion Namibian Dollars (N$98" ;<iJri'desand rehabilitation of dilap( its.

; __ ~i" Develop " "()In'IIl~l1alAreas under the Program for Co~: :?_@i-, _::- F~~~,_~:,~.:.,,:".

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_ L~pd Dev;~l~;d~"nt' (PCLD)};+j( ',< "~''f;;' ,: ;JleMinistt¥.~QCyelopedfences and installed water and livestock han.,dliqg -;:~__'::'_, ',,' '"'_'-':'o~_,:_:;'{:_':,::_'-,\,-,,-: .•..••.

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f~';~: __,L::;:-,' .,' _', _ , _ _ _ " -·---:~Y~>"}':;_ :',f~~~lities at ~~'~]total't~ost'bf Twenty Six Million Namibi~n Dollars and East, Kavango West, Omusati (~~r6,OOO.,~,Dor in .

':flvango ()~ihgweIl~'Regions~'i.t ' '.'.".....,;,,;{.

.•... ,I d) ~ll~Settlement suPpgi~,for Resettled Farmers ,,1;.
tgtal of Ten Million;'Six Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand, Seven -~:1;:~F' ~~fJ Hj,fndred and Seventy Three, Seventeen Cents (N$10,665,773.17) was disbursed to resettlement beneficiaries.

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The preparation of a new Valuation Roll has been put 0:n hold pending the completion of amendments to the Land Valuation and Taxation Regulations Draft of 20.0.7.The aforesaid amendments have been incorp()ra!edinthe Land Bill possibly to be tabled in Parliament duringthe2Q16(2Ql7Financial Y ear.

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the interim, the 20.0.7Valuation Roll lias been used to collect i;tax'f6~ the 20.13/14 Financial Year, where Forty land six Milliori (N$46,OOO,OOO).•'0~s~xpected Milliol!,,!five~,!iidred t~iBe collected.
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;(N$23,500,OOO)'j",ascollected in th~{' 20.13114financi~C·~gr~.f~~ieIltm~~~.gem~~~l~r~he PrQ~a accelerate.s-land: 'acquisition, .landallq9 ' .Q:g, the Pro~~mme :requiresal1am'"rit:"., v~n,+.Milli96't Five HUlldred '- ....-.. f· te::~ i~ord~r .

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(_ nd~~;I~'~migfitys s\ha~~:'be6ri'i~~B.fiedand ine Huridred an~rTW()(84,91 (244,000 hac housndbecta!

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Fou:r '{housa I1 " unal~~R~~Rhtswer~register~g;~~ "':": uiiaredanifFbrty of T"i~~'Seyen' 'i"s·,.<, ",,~)«:·i if J.~ (6,337)Certif1~aies '(i"':" .

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At the Deeds Registry, progres( development and successful Registration has be~n made with.

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;:, imple1»,~ntat{on of the Computerized Dee~s:'-';:.'

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System (CDRS).
Tb'~i}proj~ct is important as it wilLoRri~~<,iz'" -' about increased efficiency in prop~rtY'I"egistratj9Il,inJ:'.J:aill,ibia.In this regai&:, it' ~,:,,:-:;,C'<~_~:;f,-i:-'-":~--;',i-•..•--'_,-~'_ , (21,954) Twenty Qne Thousand, Nine Hundred\and::{~!fty<':~:Fo~r transactions were registered during the 20 15/2016':~El~a.hchnY"earand 'Six Million, Three Hundred and Forty Six Namibian Dolla~s,:Eighbl:Ce.nts collected during the said Financial/H6we~~r,to aitd:T~~,~ff·J.five'Thousa~d~ (N$6,325,74~.80>' Seve~.Hundred impl~nie~t'this .was .
- ~'t-~ ~"\': .,', -: ,-_-;~:-.-~x-=:" , - ,"\::i,"~ ,",; ;'~¥~~!~$~~'tr~h, Budget Speech 2016/2017 Programme Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Namibian Dollars (N$15,500,OOO) is requested.

Programme 3: National Spatial Data Infrastructure and Establishment of Fundamental Datasets .

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Honourable C~a:irp~rson ofthe.Whole House Committee, Honourabl M~mbe.ts, - 12.
Havingcomp.c<"e<:lthe demarcation d'f~he intematioIl~(;bouridarieslJ~~een ./ '<""~;"""" Namibia andB8tswana, is in consonant the next logical step is to affirm the boundary: This t~~.AJri(?anUnion Border Programme ordinary Session held edeclarationon .··e.

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This programme provides support to the Land Reform and Resettlement Programme.

The main focus is to supervise an~ coo;dipate the:"MiJ.llstry's activities and operations.

This programme alsopt,ovid~smonit{)~"i~g and evaluation systems for reportingp4rposes.

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(jI!,Six Hundred and TwentyFive ThouJand'i~~iPib'hi~:Q911;rs(N$ 86;6t~~900)to implement the programme ",~' .. .

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