Juliet Kavetuna

Juliet Kavetuna (born 21 August 1974 at Otjiwarongo in Otjozondjupa Region) is a Namibian politician and a legislator serving since 2008 in National Assembly. She is a former deputy minister of Health and Social Services, a former minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture and a former secretary general of the National Youth Council of Namibia.

Quotes

• The main thing here is not to expose people, but I want to say it is more than creating a platform. Because duplication is a waste of resources that we do not have in this country
• When I came into that office, I could see that competition between the ministry and the NYC. Because the ministry is having the money, the NYC is having the idea. It was a battle. It stayed like that for nearly four years and I left it like that. I wonder if it succeeded
• The NYC is having a better structure that is recognised by many institutions that is giving our youth the opportunity to become banks that are having credibility
  • Juliet Kavetuna on wasting of resources
• Our mandate as a ministry is to provide healthcare, but unfortunately we have different ways of carrying out this mandate
• In Cuba, they do not have private hospitals because they believe that when it comes to healthcare, there is no class
• Most of the leukaemia cases start with bone ache, where the child just does not want to walk. Most of the time, parents and caretakers will notice lumps in the abdomen, testes and glands
  • Juliet Kavetuna seeking funding for health sector