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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Republic of Namibia MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT MOTIVATION STATEMENT ~ VOTE 23 BY ALPHEUS G. !NARUSEB Date: 31 March 2017 2017/2018 FINANCIAL YEAR Budget speech for the financial year 2017/2018 by Honourable Alpheus G. !Naruseb, Minister of Works and Transport Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee Please accept my Ministry's gratitude for the opportunity to introduce to this August House Vote 23, Department of Works for the financial year 2017/2018.
and maintenance Vote 23 caters for the:~vision of office accommodation on behalf of Government OfficeslMinistriesl Agencies (OIMI As), official accommodation (houses and flats) for public service staffs, institutional facilities, as well as the management related infrastructure.
Under the same Vote, the Department of Works also renders essential and technical services to OfficeslMinistriesl Agencies with regard to the implementation of Buildings Construction Capital Projects provided in the supplies, Development Budget, printing services and the maintenance of garden infrastructure and equipment.

The programmes under this vote are therefore built around these core responsibilities.
the provision of standard stock, material of Government buildings and Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee Honourable Members Allow me, on behalf of my Ministry, to introduce the total budgetary requirements for the Department of Works for the financial year 2017/2018.
The amount of Four hundred seventy seven million and is seventy budgeted for two million one hundred thirty five thousand Namibian Dollars (N$452,135,000.00) representing 95.00% of the total budget will go into operational from which Four hundred fifty six thousand Namibia Dollars (N$ 477,076,000.00) 21Page activities.
The remaining Twenty four million nine hundred fourty one thousand Namibia Dollars (N$ 24,941,000.00) which represents 5.000/0 of the total budget will be spent on capital related investments.
PROGRAlVI PROVISION OF HORTICULTURAL GRN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SERVICE CENTRES 1: SERVICES TO Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee office buildings is to render horticultural The purpose of this programme services at and service centres; maintain existing government landscape gardens and to create new ones where needed; as well as to to all existing and newly established promote greener environment government buildings.
this programme the Ministry layout, planting, watering, such as Under cleaning, planning, of swimming supply and maintenance pools and provide plants for decorations during the commemoration and celebration of National events.

performs fertilizing,~pruning, of pot plants, maintenance activities For this program, I request an amount of twelve million nine hundred and fifty thousand Namibia dollars (N$ 12, 950, 000.00) under this program.
PROGRAM 2: PROVISION OF STORES AND PRINTING SERVICES Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee 31Page for cards, furniture, equipment cater for OfficeslMinistriesl Agencies is to facilitate for stock provisioning The purpose of this programme and other office including Services, office materials and reproducing and supplies.
The programme producing letterheads, examination papers for Ministry of Education and of Arts and Culture, business as bronchus conducting of Seventeen million three hundred thirty six thousand and four hundred Namibia Dollar (N$17,369,400.00) was generated from Auction process during the 2016/2017 financial year.

The Programme also allows for budgetary provision to continue with the upgrading and renovation of the Government Central Stores and Reproduction Services.

(OIMI As), as well and materials.
An amount leaflets, posters, books of equipment auction For this program, I request an amount of thirty eight million one hundredfourty four thousand Namibia Dollars (JV$38 ,144,000.00) PROGRAM PROPERTIES 3: MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee is to ensure sustainable and reliable The purpose of this programme maintenance and rehabilitation of existing Government properties and to the best possible standard, depending on the related infrastructure the servicing, of availability rehabilitating and overhauling of specialised installations maintaining, and such as water pumps, sewerage plants.
funds.

The programme also includes sets boilers, generator cooling lifts, 41Page from 2008, their own maintenance Offices/Ministries/Agencies have As for preventative established maintenance by following routine maintenance activities.

Furthermore is function, previously resort under the maintenance officially with the Regional Councils, who carry out the maintenance activities throughout the respective regions.
this Ministry, (OIM/ A's) to cater units, this programme for the 2016/201 7 The envisaged actrvrties under financial year for the construction of regional and sub-offices could and not be materialised in Tsumeb and Tsumkwe as well as upgrading of existing sub-offices the renovation of the Mariental regional office are currently included for under this programme, which will facilitate having more standard offices in the remote rural areas.

constraints.
constraints.

Alteration due to budgetary For this programme, million and fifty 000.00) under this program.
I request an amount of two hundred thirty two (N$ 232,051, one thousand Namibia Dollars PROGRAM 4: PROVISION OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee This Programme provides for the office accommodation requirements of all Ministries/Offices/Agencies the management, acquisition and control of accommodation for the use by as well as the provision of staff housing to government ministries, of Works handle the officials at the lower expropriation and exchange transactions concerning the procurement, of property on behalf of Government.
level.

The Department It also includes (OIM/As).

51Page The process related to the sale of non-assigned government houses is continuing.

During the period under review, the Department of Works sold 80 houses and generated one million one hundred and one thousand Namibia Dollars (N$llOl 000.

00) up to 31st January 2017. continues attending to subdivisions of affected The Department properties countrywide and the valuations of these properties are conducted by the valuators in the Ministry of Land Reform.
The is also addressing the issue of properties erroneously Department transferred to Local Authorities.

This Program includes an amount for the operational and development budget, which consist of the payments of utilities; such as a) Rates and taxes to Local Authorities.

The annual budget estimate to this activity is N$40 million, however due to budget constraint only N$ 13,000,000.00 is allocated in this budget leaving a shortfall of N$27,000,000. ""
b) Cater for Property Rental and Related charges, which will be used financing the rental of office accommodation for Offices/ for Ministries/ Agencies to ensure that Government Institutions have reasonable and adequate facilities to operate from.

The annual budget estimate to this activity is N$189 million, however due to budget constraint only N$4 million is allocated in this budget.

Discussions at technical levels on these shortfalls are underway.
The programme further includes the paying of services rendered land surveyors and property conveyance in by town planners, the town of terms registration/transfers of properties.
planning matters as well as 61Page For this programme, I request an amount of twenty nine million and sixty four thousand Namibia Dollars (JV$29,064000.00) PROGRAM REGULATION, 5: GOVERNMENT COORDINATION CONSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION BUILDINGS Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee Honourable Members The purpose of this programme is to plan, monitor, control, coordinate and overall supervise the construction of new capital buildings construction projects effectively and efficiently, to ensure hand-over of completed facilities to line Ministries.
This includes the renovation and upgrading of Government buildings and properly; as well as maintenance of electrical and mechanical systems installed in such buildings.

The Programme ensures that all the new and ongoing projects averaging 300 in number, comply with set building quality regulations and technical standards.

timeous The Programme also administers and regulates the professional Acts, such as Namibia Council of Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act and Engineering Council of Namibia Act.
These are the professional bodies, which are involved in the buildings construction industry (i.e., Architects, Quantity Surveyors and Engineers) to supervise and monitor the construction work by contractors on Government projects, provided in the development budget.

During 2016/17 financial year, the Department supervised projects worth in excess of N$ 600million.
The Department continued to make use of the building construction project cycle as a tool to guide the budgeting and successfully contributed to realistic and balanced implementation of capital by line Ministries, process 71Page projects and programmes on the development budget 2016/17 financial year.

for the this programme, the Ministry implements Photo-Voltaic Under Systems installation project.
This projects is allowing for basic power; lights and hot water, to be installed and I 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 2017/18 financial year budget for the installation of photo- voltaic systems at government in the Oshikoto and Ohangwena Regions, as well as to finalise the facilities of Oshana Region.
facilities For this programme, seven hundred thousand Namibia Dollars (N$ 79,700,000.00) I request an amount of seventy nine million PROGRAM 6: SUPER\'ISION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee Honourable Members The purpose of this programme is to provide, direct, coordinate and supervise the activities of the Ministry including the Parastatals enterprises, as well as to provide support in auxiliary services, finance and personnel affairs, and be accountable for the administration thereof.
reliable, Another activities of this Programme are to provide and manage a stable, Information Communication Technology (lCT) services, to establish and maintain a sustainable network infrastructure, the maintenance of computer software and hardware networking and support services.
cost-effective sustainable and 81Page also oversee the implementation to ensure that all staff members This Programme of the Ministerial Wellness Programmes are well informed about deceases like TB, HIV /AIDS and related illness.

(employees) the Ministry educate Through this activity, about the risks involved with the abuse of alcohol and risks associated with obesity etc.
its staffs For this programme, hundred sixty eight thousand Namibia Dollars (N$ 85,168,000.00) I request an amount of eighty five million one Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee Summary: Vote 23 Works Programme ..

Amount (N$'OOO) 1.

Provision of Horticultural Services of GRN office buildings and service centre 2.

Provision of stores and printing services 3.

Maintenance of Government Properties 4. requirements 5.
Government construction buildings regulation, Provision office accommodation of coordination and supervision 6.

Supervision and support services Total 12,950 38,144 232,052 29,064 79,700 85 168 477,076 I now In light of the Programs outlined above, humbly request this August House to approve the 91Page total expenditure of four hundred seventy seven million and seventy six thousand Namibia Dollars (N$477,076,000.001 for Vote 23: Department of Works.

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