Otjiwarongo: Staff members of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council held a farewell event in Otjiwarongo on Friday for seven constituency councillors as the Regional Councils and Local Authority Elections approach on 26 November.

According to Namibia Press Agency, the councillors are Johannes Hausiku (Tsumkwe), Nelao Amagulu (Grootfontein), George Garab (Otavi), Paulus Nekundi (Otjiwarongo), Ramana Mutjavikua (Okakarara), Israel Hukura (Omatako) and Bethuel Tjaveondja of Okahandja. Control administration officers from the constituency offices thanked the councillors and said they were a ‘quality team of politicians’ who had worked harmoniously for the past five years.

Leah Frederika, the control administrator for Tsumkwe Constituency, offered a prayer for the councillors’ future success and for those re-contesting the election to return to their positions, while acting Otjozondjupa Chief Regional Officer Shikongo Alweendo and Director of Planning, Vilma Guriras presented the councillors with gifts.

During the event, Alweendo announced that two of the seven councillors, Israel Hukura (Omatako) and Ramana Mutjavikua (Okakarara), will not contest the upcoming elections and will therefore not return to the regional council for the next five years. Both Hukura and Mutjavikua are members of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo).

‘The other five councillors of Swapo – Hausiku, Amagulu, Garab, Nekundi, and Tjaveondja – are all standing again in their respective constituencies. We wish them hard work so that they can return to their positions and be with us again next year,’ Alweendo said.

On 26 November, Namibians over 18 years old will cast their votes for the candidates who will serve in their respective constituency and local authority councils for the next five years.