Mbunza to celebrate Kaundu’s 23-year reign

The Mbunza Traditional Authority will be celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Hompa Kaundu's chieftainship on Saturday. Mbunza Traditional Authority Chief Councillor, Dagbert Mukoya, told Nampa on Wednesday that the aim of the event is to ensure unity, peace and the well-being of the Mbunza community, among others. 'The event is also aimed at upholding, promoting, protecting and preserving the culture, language, traditions and traditional values of the community,' Mukoya said. He said during the traditional authority's 23-year reign, they have been successful in keeping the Mbunza community peaceful by ensuring that disputes and conflicts are resolved in a fair manner. 'No uprising or demonstrations against the traditional authority has ever happened in 23 years,' he said. He added that the proper management and allocation of communal land has enabled community members to acquire land for subsistence farming and subsequently small-scale commercial farming. 'With over 100 gazetted small-scale farming unit s, our farmers have enjoyed a significant increase in their livestock population and crop farming despite persistent challenges such as drought and the lack of rainfall.' Government programmes, he said, have also been effectively carried out in their area of jurisdiction such as drilling of boreholes and many community members now have access to potable water. This is the second time the traditional authority celebrates Kaundu's chieftainship. The first event was held in 2011, when Kaundu had been ruling the Mbunza Traditional Authority for 10 years. Mukoya said they are expecting government officials, politicians, religious and traditional authority leaders, local authority leaders and members of the community at the celebrations. Source: The Namibia Press Agency