{"id":269601,"date":"2019-06-15T23:08:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T21:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269601"},"modified":"2019-06-15T23:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T21:08:34","slug":"youth-participation-in-by-election-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269601","title":{"rendered":"Youth participation in by-election poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Maria David<br \/>\nTHE elderly dominated the turnout in the Ondangwa Urban Constituency by-election currently underway with the youth only showing up in a small numbers, despite a widely held sentiment that Namibian political sphere excludes young politicians.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62652971_2294785750588372_1987849922744942592_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-269606\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62652971_2294785750588372_1987849922744942592_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62652971_2294785750588372_1987849922744942592_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62652971_2294785750588372_1987849922744942592_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62652971_2294785750588372_1987849922744942592_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The preceding officer of Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) at Gwashamba Mall, Erick Ankama disclosed that 120 people voted at his polling station and it recorded only a very few young voters as of midday.<br \/>\n\u201cDespite the election going smoothly, only middle aged and elderly people are participating in the election, with less youth interested,\u201d said Ankama.<br \/>\nECN coordinator for the Ondangwa Urban Constituency by-election, Rauna Nkandi told the media that the election started at slow pace Saturday morning, causing doubts that all 16 000 registered voters are going to participate.<br \/>\nNkandi confirmed that only 1 377 people have cast their votes before midday. The voting process is taking place at 18 fixed polling stations and three mobile stations.<br \/>\nBesides the ruling Swapo Party three other parties ,the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), the All People\u2019s Party (APP), the Congress of Democrats (CoD) and an independent candidate, Angeline Immanuel are contesting for the vacant urban constituency councillor position.<br \/>\nThe Ondangwa Urban Constituency became vacant after former councillor, Elia Ilimari, was appointed as the new governor of the Oshana Region in March this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268391\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/OutofNature-FathersDay.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David THE elderly dominated the turnout in the Ondangwa Urban Constituency by-election currently underway with the youth only showing up in a small numbers, despite a widely held sentiment that Namibian political sphere excludes young politicians. 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