Kavango West leaders call for fully fledged health facilities

Community leaders at Mururani village in the Mankumpi constituency of the Kavango West region have called for a fully-fledged health centre, saying an abandoned container serving as a mobile clinic has left residents stranded without healthcare.

Community representative Eunike Sem says the mobile clinic has been idle for six years, serving mainly as a stand for occasional outreach.

She says expectant women, children, prisoners, farmers and the elderly have to be rushed to the Katjinakatji or Mangetti clinics, where they are – in most cases – then rushed to Rundu.