Kabbe Constituency Explained

Kabbe was a constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. Most of the area is situated in the flood area of the Zambezi River. It contained the former German colonial residence of Schuckmannsburg (today Luhonono), as well as several other villages. Its population in 2010 was 14,979.^[1]

Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the constituency was split into Kabbe South and Kabbe North.^{[2] [3]}

Politics

Kabbe is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Peter Mwala Mwala received 3,095 of the 3,144 votes cast.^[4] In the presidential election the same year, Kabbe voted overwhelmingly for Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO. Pohamba won with 3764 (96%) votes, with Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats receiving 82 (2%) of the constituency's votes.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: ELECTIONS 2010: Constituency profile for Kabbe . Inambao . Chrispin . . 17 November 2010 . 17 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316100022/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=14135 . 16 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all.
2. News: Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 5261 . 26 . . 9 August 2013 . pdf.
3. News: President divides Kavango into two . Nakale . Albertina . 9 August 2013 . . via allafrica.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two . 22 October 2014 . dead .
4. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 11 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
5. http://www.ecn.gov.na/PKabbe.htm Election results for Kabbe Constituency