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MAFWLR removes illegal fences in Okongo - nbc

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR) has begun removing illegal fences in the Okongo constituency of the Ohangwena region, which started at Okambale village. Ohangwena land board's chairperson, Willhelmina Shakela, says there have been concerns raised about the mushrooming of illegal fences in the constituency. The move, which commenced on Tuesday, will see a total of 22 fences removed in the coming days, and the board says they will not be deterred in their quest to maintain law and order. A fortnight ago, affected people petitioned the Ohangwena Regional Governor, Kadiva Hamutumwa, to intervene, citing that most of them have legally acquired their plots from village headmen. Shakela, however, says they have been given an opportunity to appeal the decision, and they did but were found guilty of illegally fencing off large areas of land. "We have received complaints from public members that illegal fences are mushrooming and they are encroaching on the commonage of the people that are within the cooperative and kicking into the grazing. Once we received those complaints, we summoned the people that are alleged to be owners of these fences, and we gave them an opportunity to be heard in terms of Article 18 of the constitution. We found they are illegally here, and we issued them notices to remove the fences, and they have not, so we are here today as a team to ensure that they are removed." Shakela says about 100 cases are still under scrutiny in the constituency and might face the same fate should they be found to be illegally occupying the land. One of the affected community members, Djeimo Pyopyeni, who complained about the illegal fencing of the area, says he is happy that the land board has acted in their favour. Grazing land, the community says, is becoming scarce due to the fencing off of large hectares of land.