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Health minister opposes tobacco project March 11th, 2015 | by New Era Staﬀ Reporter

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ONAMUTAYI – The Minister of Health and 1 NAD IN NADS Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, has USD 0.081480 12.27 joined the ranks of Namibians opposed to a 10 000-hectare tobacco farm in the AUD 0.1071 9.3402 Zambezi Region involving Namibia Oriental CAD 0.1035 9.6607 Tobacco CC – a Chinese investor. CHF 0.081781 12.23 Former Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) CNY 0.5102 1.9600 spokesperson, Job Amupanda, and a group EUR 0.076843 13.01 of other youths exposed plans to develop a GBP 0.054265 18.43 10 000-hectare fertile piece of land at INR 5.1116 0.1956 Liselo into a tobacco farm. JPY 9.8777 0.1012 Kamwi, who in his term as minister of ZAR 1.0017 0.9983 health initiated – among others – the Tobacco Products Control Act that outlaws AOA 8.7224 0.1146 smoking in public places, condemned the BWP 0.8187 1.2214 proposed tobacco farm this week. He LSL 1.0000 1.0000 objected to the project when he oﬃcially SZL 1.0000 1.0000 inaugurated Onamutayi Primary Health ZMK 422.84 0.002365 Care Clinic in the Oshana Region on Monday. ZWL 26.27 0.038073 As of Mar 11, 2015 “If what was reported in the media last week is true, then it is very unfortunate.

Tobacco to be planted in Namibia, this is RECENT COMMENT S very disappointing,” lamented the outgoing DJ Lang'zito Mentoz on Saara minister of health. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila as Prime Minister-designate He reiterated that the tobacco industry is #[Ksjzengfdczkbioebb]panerai on not in the best interest of the country Embrace gender but incorporate disability because it is hazardous to people’s health #[Ksjzengfdczkbioebb]panerai on Erindi and the health hazards of this sector far spends more than N$3 million on lucerne to stave oﬀ looming outweigh its economic beneﬁts. drought

“This project of tobacco will cut our lives #[Ksjzengfdczkbioebb]panerai on Warriors Promotions still alive short. It is very unfortunate that we just despite financial woes introduced the law, put it in practice last #[Ksjzengfdczkbioebb]panerai on year July to stop smoking but now we are Tigers, Benfica clash: a test of planting tobacco,” he said. strength and survival He was referring to the law that prohibits smoking in public places, any outdoor public place or any area within a certain distance to a window, a ventilation inlet, door or entrance that officials still find difficult to enforce. Kamwi elucidated smoking is the cause of cancer of the lung and of the oesophagus and that those involved in the production and processing of tobacco do it for the money and not for the good health of the people. He questioned why the investor is not keen to grow maize and vegetables instead of tobacco. “I am urging the regional leadership to make sure no smoking at public places should be tolerated,” stressed Kamwi, who also warned the public to guard against the evils that often face society. NEW ERA ARCHIVES Namibia Oriental Tobacco CC, which has Ng MARCH 2015 Yung listed as the only director of the company, plans to use the land to grow M T W T F S S tobacco and maize. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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ONE COMMENT

Saltiel Kupololo says: March 11, 2015 at 11:14 am

The old guards have no time left. Young people we have to stop this tobacco thing. Its us and our children and children’s children that will be aﬀected by this project. if its a NO NO for smoking and then its a NO NO NO NO NO NO for tobacco project. Let them produce food, Not drugs. REPLY