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= Mev. Saara Kenaakwawo Keendjele = Saara Kenaakwawo Keendjele (born March 04 1951), well known as Mevrou. Saara Kenaakwawo Shitaatala is a Namibian, a teacher and she is the most long serving school principal. She was the Okau Combined School Principal for over 33 years. She is well known for her role as an outstanding teacher in the community who with her passion for learners have improved a lot of children's lives in the community. Her teaching role started in 1975 to 2009.

Early Life
Saara Keendjele ( born as Saara Kenaakwawo ka Wilbard ya Shitaatala) was born and raised in Olupembana, Elim in Omusati Region. Her father (Wilbard Iipumbu Shitaatala) is of Aakwambi clan and her mother (Josephine Shekupe Ananias) is a Kwanyama-Ngandjera. Her parents met in Endola, Ohangwena region where her mother was raised up. Saara has three siblings and she is the second born. She was raised Evangelist.

Saara attended Elim Primary School and Ongwediva College of Education, where she did Education majoring in Mathematics for Upper Primary Grades and languages for junior secondary phase. She graduated in 1975.

Career
Immediately after graduation in 1975, Saara became a teacher at Ekamba Primary School and later she became a school principal to the prominent "55" Okau combined School. She then has been a school principal there for 33 years until her early retirement in August 2009 due to health issues.

Personal life
In August 1975, Saara got married to Elieser Uululu Keendjele. In their marriage, she and her husband got blessed with eight children; 3 boys and 5 girls. She has 16 grandchildren.

She and her family has lived in Onankwaya Village ever since 1976. Her family and neighbors describes her as a hardworking person, who is always busy.

Her mother died when she was 8 years old and her father died in 2002. Her younger brother died in November 2017 and she has as well lost two of her sons.

Many of her learners and the entire community described her as mother of the community as she always helps those in need.