Henock ya Kasita

Ya Kasita earned a Diploma in Infantry Battalion in the USSR in 1978 and another Diploma in Social Science and Management from the Academy of Social Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1980 as well as Diploma, Major Infantry Battalion Commander, Odesa, Ukraine, USSR and a Diploma in Journalism in Lubango, Angola High School Teacher's Certificate, Cuba, in 1986, and a Diploma in Marxist–Leninist Philosophy and International Political Relations in Havana, Cuba. He had a Matric /Senior Certificate, Higher Institute, South Africa (1994) and read law at the Unisa, South Africa in 1999. He had a certificate from Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (2000).

He began his career as a teacher at Eheke Senior Primary School in Oshana region in 1977 before fleeing into exile in Angola where he was AAD platoon commander at Tobias Hainyeko Training College from 1978 to 1979. He was a detachment political commissar, NW Front (1980–1981), a political instructor for SWAPO-PLAN combatants in Angola (1981–1983), SWAPO deputy secretary for youth in Cuba (1983–1985); school principal for primary and junior secondary schools at Hosea Kutako, Island of Youth, Cuba (1986–1988); SWAPO regional mobiliser at Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region (1989–1990); SWAPO district co-ordinator, Okango, Ohangwena Region (1990–1991); SWAPO regional mobiliser, Oshakati, Oshana region (1991–1992); SWAPO district co-ordinator for Okaku (1992). He was elected as a SWAPO member of the central committee in 1998.^[4]