I am deeply honoured to have been invited to the Kunene region to officiate this historic occasion, marking the inauguration of the Khorixas Vocational Training Centre (KVTC) here in the beautiful town of Khorixas. Allow me, from the onset, to pay tribute to the late Nickey Iyambo, the first vice president of our country, and my predecessor, who visited Khorixas many years ago, and heard the cry of the community for assistance. During the visit, at a town hall meeting, the community of Khorixas, including the youth, elders and women, made a concerted plea for economic upliftment, stating that the town was dying after several government ministries were moved to Opuwo, the regional capital of Kunene.
Iyambo asked himself what he could do to respond to the plea and consulted widely until the idea of reviving the old Braunfels Agricultural High School into this new Khorixas Vocational Training Centre took root. He tabled this to our late president Hage Geingob and the Cabinet, and they endorsed it with much enthusiasm. Itah Kandjii-Murangi, who is with us here today and was also part of that historic visit, will attest how Iyambo tasked her to ensure that the necessary was made available and that everything possible was done to make this VTC a reality.
In this regard, we also thank King Justus //Garoeb and his traditional leaders, who gave their full support for the establishment of the VTC at Khorixas. Therefore, in honour of the blessed memory of Iyambo, and may his beautiful s.