Onyaanya Constituency



Onyaanya Constituency (until 1999 Okatope Constituency) is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 13,474 inhabitants in 2004 and 11,434 registered voters. Its district capital is the settlement of Onyaanya.

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. He was subsequently elected to represent Oshikoto Region in the National Council of Namibia. Kankoshi was reelected in the 2010 regional elections and became governor of Oshikoto in 2015.

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. 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.

Education

 * Amakali Combined School
 * Uukule Cluster
 * Northcote Academy
 * Shine private school

Villages

 * Amuteya Village