Namibia: Sign Language to Be Introduced in Parliament

Parliamentary standing committee on constitutional and legal affairs chairperson Kletus Karondo says the National Assembly has included sign language as part of the languages to be used in parliament.

Karondo says the motion was tabled in the National Assembly by deputy minister for disability affairs Alexia Manombe-Ncube following a petition by representatives of the Namibia National Association of the Deaf.

He says the motion and petition calling for the recognition of sign language as one of…