Okahao Constituency

Okahao Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia. It had 26,035 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 12,390 registered voters in 2020.[2] Its district capital is the settlement of Okahao.

Okahao Constituency (red) in the Omusati Region (yellow)

Villages
  • Uutsathima, 80 kilometres (50 mi) away from Okahao. It is home to Uutsathima Combined School, a school predominantly for San people with 12 teachers and more than 300 pupils.[3]

Politics

Okahao constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Leonard Shikulo won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4] Councillor Shikulo (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election. He obtained 4,694 votes, far ahead of the only opposition candidate, Erastus Shipopyeni of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020), who obtained 396 votes.[2]

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. Shaanika, Helvy (29 May 2015). "San learners attend classes standing". New Era. p. 1.
  4. "Opposition parties are mosquitoes, says Kawana". The Namibian. 26 October 2015.

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