Onayena Constituency

{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia}}

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Onayena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. The district capital is the settlement of Onayena.

The constituency's population has grown significantly over recent years, dominated by the Ovambo language speaking people and a small group of San people. It had 15,684 inhabitants in 2004[http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004] and 8,550 registered voters {{As of|2020|alt=in 2020}}.{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=18 January 2021 | series=Interactive map | url=http://elections.na | accessdate=24 February 2022}}

Economy and infrastructure

The main economic activities in the constituency are agriculture and cattle rearing. Omahangu is the principal crop in Onayena, while cattle, goats and donkeys are the farming animals in the area. The constituency has important cultural and historical links. Onayena has a settlement prominent for investment opportunities and has a lot of large virgin land available housing and business investment.

History

The Ondonga kings Shikongo shaKalulu and Nehale Mpingana lived and are buried here. The village of Omandongo where the first Finnish missionaries arrived in 1870, including Nakambale Martti Rautanen, is situated in Onayena.

Politics

Onayena constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO councillor Marx Nekongo was reelected with 5,481 of the 5,580 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=9 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}

In the 2015 local and regional elections Mateus Nelumbu Kamati, a former SWAPO coordinator, won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.{{cite news|last=Kangootui |first=Nomhle |newspaper=The Namibian |title=Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33153 |date=23 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024163513/http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33153 |archivedate=October 24, 2015 }} Councillor Kamati was re-elected in the 2020 regional election. He received 2,987 votes, well ahead of Hileni Shinyamba of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 651 votes.

People from Onayena Constituency

Onayena is the hometown of many prominent people in Namibia, such as kwaito musician and producer The Dogg, and home to the first vice-president of Namibia, Nickey Iyambo.

Schools in Onayena Constituency

Nehale Senior Secondary School
Joseph Simaneka Asino Secondary School
Uuyoka Combined School
Oniihwa Combined School
Iikokola Combined School
Matheus Nashandi Combined School
Matheus Namwiha Primary School
Ekaha Primary School
Ambunda Primary School
Onayena Primary School
Onuuya Primary School
Lucas Primary School
Lano Primary School (private school)
Ondumetana Primary School
Oniiwe Primary School
Nakambale Primary School
Okakonda Primary School
Elombe Combined School

Churches in Onayena Constituency

Onayena ELCIN Church
Omulondo ELCIN Church
Elombe ELCIN Church

Villages in Onayena Constituency

References

External links

http://www.raison.com.na/school_maps/oshikoto_school_map.pdf
http://www.onayenajss.org/index.php

Category:Constituencies of Oshikoto Region

Category:States and territories established in 1992

Category:1992 establishments in Namibia