Onyaanya Constituency
Electoral constituency in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia
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Onyaanya Constituency (until 1999 Okatope Constituency)[1] is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 13,474 inhabitants in 2004[2] and 11,434 registered voters in 2020[update].[3] Its district capital is the settlement of Onyaanya.
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Politics
Onyaanya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Henock Kankoshi received 6,329 of the 6,359 votes cast.[4] He was subsequently elected to represent Oshikoto Region in the National Council of Namibia.[5] Kankoshi was reelected in the 2010 regional elections and became governor of Oshikoto in 2015.[6]
In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[7] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Gideon Shikomba received 4,023 votes, well ahead of Onesmus Kapuka of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,063 votes.[8]
Education
- Amakali Combined School
- Uukule Cluster
- Northcote Academy
- Shine private school
