Okatyali Constituency

Okatyali Constituency (also: Okatjali) is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 2,815 inhabitants,^[1] its district capital is the settlement of Okatyali.

Politics and governance

Okatyali constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The first regional councillor for this constituency was Paulus Kapia. He served until 1998.^[2] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.^[3]

References

^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
^ Paulus Kapia Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007
^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[1] Constituencies of Namibia, 2004

[2] Paulus Kapia Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007

[uncontested-3] Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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