Mukwe Constituency

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Location of Mukwe constituency in the Kavango Region

Mukwe is a constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. It has 26.000 inhabitants, [1] the district centre is the settlement of Mukwe.

Kavango East Region in Namibia

Kavango East is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Rundu. Because of its rather higher rainfall than most other parts of Namibia, this region has agricultural potential for the cultivation of a variety of crops, as well as for organised forestry and agro-forestry, which stimulates furniture making and related industries.

Namibia republic in southern Africa

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean; it shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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The constituency contains the major settlements of Bagani, Kangongo and Divundu, and a number of small populated places such as Andara and Diyogha.

Bagani, Namibia Settlement in Kavango East, Namibia

Bagani is a settlement on the south-western banks of the Okavango River in the Kavango East Region, Namibia, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Rundu and near the Popa Falls on the Okavango River. Bagani has a population of around 2.000 inhabitants and is homestead of the local Mbukushu kings.

Kangongo, Namibia Settlement in Kavango East, Namibia

Kangongo is a settlement on the Eastern banks of the Okavango River in the Kavango East Region, Namibia, 140 km east of Rundu along the Trans-Caprivi Highway. Kangongo has a population of around 3500 inhabitants.

Divundu Village in Kavango East, Namibia

Divundu is a village on the south-eastern banks of the Okavango River in the Kavango East Region, Namibia, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Rundu. Divundu has a population of around 5,430 inhabitants and is homestead of the local Mbukushu kings.

There is a bilateral agreement with Angola to allow mutual near-border immigration without travel documents. This applies to a maximum distance of 30 km, it is not valid for tourists.[ citation needed ]

Angola Country in Africa

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

Elections

2009

The day after the 2009 general election, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) called for a recount of Mukwe's ballots "after several political parties expressed their unhappiness over the counting process". [2] There were 19 polling stations in the constituency. In the certified results, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 6,227 votes of the 8,542 accepted votes. The closest candidates to Pohamba were Ignatius Shixwameni of the All People's Party (APP, 661 votes) and Hidipo Hamutenya of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 343 votes). [3]

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is an agency of the Government of Namibia. It was founded in 1992 under the Electoral Act #24 of 1992. The aim of the commission is to oversee all electoral activities starting from voter registration and political party registration, to the setting and monitoring of elections, counting of ballots and making results available.

SWAPO Political party in Namibia

The South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO), officially known as SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia. It has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990. The party continues to be dominated in number and influence by the Ovambo ethnic group.

Hifikepunye Pohamba 2nd president of Namibia

Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba is a Namibian politician who served as the second President of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, the ruling party, and was reelected in 2009. Pohamba was the president of SWAPO from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. He is a recipient of the Ibrahim Prize.

2010

In the 2010 local and regional elections, SWAPO's Christian Muriki won a seat in the Kavango Regional Council with 3,774 votes over APP's Pankratius Kutenda with 783 votes. Petrus Dishara of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) finished in third place with 414 votes and RDP's Justina Ngombara finished in last place 117 votes. [4]

2015

The 2015 regional elections were again a landslide win for Swapo. Johannes John Haushiku Thighuru received 5,541 votes while Venantius Kambogho of the APP received 484 votes and Bernand Thimbonde of the DTA came third with 442 votes. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ ECN orders a recount in Mukwe constituency AfricanElections.org, 29 November 2009
  3. ↑ Namibia Elections 2009 Results Mukwe Constituency In Kavango Region AfricanElections.org
  4. ↑ SWAPO wins Rundu Urban, Rundu Rural West, Rundu Rural East and Mukwe constituencies Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, 29 November 2010
  5. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 6. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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