The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has announced the names of candidates set to contest by-elections in the Kamanjab and Sesfontein constituencies on 17 June 2025, with a total of seven candidates vetted and approved.
ECN Kunene regional electoral officer Mike Nganjone informed Nampa on Friday that three candidates have been successfully registered to compete in the by-election in the Kamanjab constituency.
Four other candidates will be running in the by-election in the Sesfontein constituency.
According to Nganjone, the three candidates for the Kamanjab constituency by-election are Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) candidate Dansiekie Ganaseb, Nikodemus Amutenya of Swapo and Jacobus Buruxa Namaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF).
In the Sesfontein constituency, the candidates are Titus Uaundjua Rungondo for Swapo, Bennie Ganaseb for the IPC, Bernadus Uitani Hoeb for the UDF and Joshua Vemuii Kaisuma, representing the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM).
Nganjone stated that the commission did not receive applications from independent candidates in both constituencies.
ECN voter education officer Santos Muhenje confirmed that a civic and voter education initiative is still in progress.
“Teams are scheduled to visit both constituencies on 13 May, focusing primarily on engaging new and old voters” he said.
Muhenje said their goal is to ensure that all constituents understand their rights and the political system, as well as how and where to vote. They will also provide impartial and objective information to help voters exercise their right to vote effectively.
“We have three teams, with two of those covering Sesfontein, while one team will go to Kamanjab. This process will run concurrently with the voting process so we will only conclude after the voting process is done,” said Muhenje.
The by-elections in the two constituencies were necessitated by the election of UDF regional councillors Nico Somaeb (Kamanjab) and Hendrik Gaobaeb
(Sesfontein) to the National Assembly, where they took up seats in March.
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