Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency (informally also Western Hakahana, after the area it covers) is an electoral constituency in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It had a population of 45,564 in 2011, up from 25,642 in 2001.[1] it had 41,550 registered voters.[2]
The constituency was created in 2003 at the recommendation of the Third Delimitation Commission which suggested that the constituency of Hakahana be split.[3] Since then, the suburb of Hakahana falls into two different constituencies.[4] The constituency is named after the politician Moses ǁGaroëb. The eastern part of Hakahana falls under Tobias Hainyeko constituency, after politician Tobias Hainyeko.[5]
Hakahana is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The first councillor of Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency was Helena Andreas (SWAPO) who won the 2004 regional election by a landslide, gaining 7,773 of the 8,348 votes cast.[6]
In the 2015 regional election SWAPO also won by a landslide. Its candidate Martin David was elected with 5,330 votes, while the only opposition candidate, Paulus Shikwamhanda of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) received 286 votes.[7] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. Aili Venonya received 5,983 votes. Tommy Efraim of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, came second with 3,960 votes.[2] Following the dearth of Aili Venonya in October 2020, Swapo party candidate Stefanus Ndengu won the Moses //Garoëb constituency by-election after receiving 2 970 votes, in January 2023.[8]