Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (Namibia)

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The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) is a department of the Government of Namibia. The ministry is responsible for regional governance (Regional Councils) and local governance (Local Authorities) and therewith plays an important role in the decentralisation process of the Namibian government. [1]

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The ministry was established at Namibian independence in 1990 as Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing; The first minister was Libertina Amathila. [2] In 2000 it was renamed Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development (MRLGHRD), and it got its current name in 2015. The urban and rural development minister is Erastus Uutoni. [3]

Ministers

All urban and rural development ministers in chronological order are:

#PictureName(Birth–Death)PartyTerm startTerm end
Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing
1 Libertine Appolus Amathila.jpg Libertina Amathila 1940– SWAPO 19901996
2 Nickey Iyambo 1936–2019SWAPO19962000
Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development
Nickey Iyambo1936–2019SWAPO20002002
3 Joel Kaapanda 1945–SWAPO20022005
4 John Pandeni 1950–2008SWAPO20052008
5 Jerry Ekandjo 1947–SWAPO20082012
6 Charles Namoloh 1950–SWAPO20122015
Minister of Urban and Rural Development
7 Sophia Shaningwa 1959–SWAPO20152018
8 Peya Mushelenga 1975–SWAPO20182020
9 Erastus Uutoni 1961–SWAPO2020

Directorates

The ministry is divided into five directorates:

  1. Regional and Local Government and Traditional Authority Coordination — Supports the decentralised government authorities (regional, local, traditional) in Namibia in terms of capacity building and the coordination of their activities.
  2. Housing, Habitat, Planning and Technical Services Coordination — Carries out support programmes to promote affordable housing for all citizens of Namibia. In 2014 the Government of Namibia launched its Mass Housing Scheme that is aimed at providing sufficient housing in the various towns and regions of Namibia until the year 2030. The program is implemented by this directorate.
  3. Rural Development — Supports development outside Namibian towns, especially in defined growth point. Its aim is to provide a high living standards the rural population and therewith reduce the rate of rural-urban migration.
  4. Directorate for Decentralisation Coordination — Supports the ongoing decentralisation process within the Namibian government system and oversees the process of handing various mandates from central government to regional and local authorities annually.
  5. Finance, Human Resources, Administration and Information Technology — Is the administrative directorate of the ministry and ensures its efficient service delivery.

Agencies

The ministry can create semi-independent agencies to operate within its directorates.

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References

  1. "Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development". Government of Namibia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, A". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. Terblanché, Niël (22 March 2020). "Central bank Governor appointed finance minister". Informanté.