Kabbe Constituency
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Kabbe was a constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. Most of the area is situated in the flood area of the Zambezi River. It contained the former German colonial residence of Schuckmannsburg (today Luhonono), as well as several other villages. Its population in 2010 was 14,979.{{cite news
|title = ELECTIONS 2010: Constituency profile for Kabbe
|last = Inambao
|first = Chrispin
|newspaper = New Era
|url = http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=14135
|date = 17 November 2010
|access-date = 17 November 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120316100022/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=14135
|archive-date = 16 March 2012
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
}}
Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the constituency was split into Kabbe South and Kabbe North.{{Cite news | title=Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=5261 | page=26 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=9 August 2013 | url=https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | format=pdf | archive-date=27 April 2021 | access-date=27 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news
|url=http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two
|title=President divides Kavango into two
|last=Nakale
|first=Albertina
|date=9 August 2013
|newspaper=New Era
|publisher=via allafrica.com
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two
|archive-date=22 October 2014
|url-status=dead
|df=
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Politics
Kabbe is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Peter Mwala Mwala received 3,095 of the 3,144 votes cast.{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=11 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}} In the presidential election the same year, Kabbe voted overwhelmingly for Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO. Pohamba won with 3764 (96%) votes, with Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats receiving 82 (2%) of the constituency's votes.[http://www.ecn.gov.na/PKabbe.htm Election results for Kabbe Constituency]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Electoral Commission of Namibia
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