War vets seek rental exemptions

War veterans have called for exemption from paying land rentals and electricity among other non-monetary incentives to help improve their living conditions saying their monthly pay-out is not enough to make ends meet.

About 34 000 war veterans get a monthly pay-out of $206 each, which they say is too little to sufficiently provide for their families and they called for it to be matched with the Poverty Datum Line (PDL).

Some said they are losing the land that they were given while others had their land reduced in the on-going downsizing exercise.