Rural areas need roads and water - Habano

Development in road infrastructure and access to water in rural areas is crucial towards poverty eradication says Member of Parliament for Ngami, Taolo Habano.

Responding to President Ian Khama's State of the nation address in parliament this week, Habano said it is impossible to talk of eradicating poverty when people are staying in areas that are not easily accessible by road. 

The Ngami MP said basic infrastructure should be set up first.  Habano said most of the villages in his constituency have no electricity and telecommunications systems.

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