Onayena Constituency

Onayena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 15,684 inhabitants;[1] its district capital is the settlement of Onayena. Currently the Councillor of Onayena is Natangwe Indongo, a former school teacher at Nehale Senior Secondary School. The Constituency's population has grown significantly over recent years, dominated by the Ovambo language speaking people and a small group of San people.

Onayena Constituency (yellow) in the Oshikoto Region (dark grey)

History

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

Politics

Onayena constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[2]

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.

People from Onayena Constituency

Onayena is the hometown of many prominent people in Namibia, such as the multi-award winning kwaito musician and producer The Dogg, and home to the first Vice President of Namibia the late Dr Nickey Iyambo.

Schools in Onayena Constituency
  • Nehale Senior Secondary School
  • Joseph Simaneka Asino Secondary School
  • Uuyoka Combined School
  • Oniihwa Combined School
  • Oniiwe Primary 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
  • Nakambale Primary School
  • Okakonda Primary School
  • Iikokola Combined School

Churches in Onayena Constituency
  • Onayena ELCIN Church
  • Omulondo ELCIN Church
  • Elombe ELCIN Church

Villages in Onayena Constituency
  • Oniiwe
  • Ompugulu
  • Oniimwandi
  • Omandongo
  • Uuyoka
  • Onambeke
  • Uukete
  • Ethindi
  • Enkolo
  • Iikokola
  • Oniihwa
  • Okakwiyu
  • Omadhiya
  • Okambogo
  • Okakololo Village
  • Iihongo Village
  • Uushinga
  • Onamutene
  • Onathinge-South
  • Shimbobela
  • Okaliveva

See also

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
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