{"id":94903,"date":"2025-10-11T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:50:04","slug":"pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two","title":{"rendered":"PDM\u2019s Kanguatjivi wants Otjombinde constituency split in two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Popular Democratic Movement candidate for the Otjombinde constituency, Edwin Kanguatjivi, says if elected, he will advocate for the constituency to be divided into two to make government services more accessible.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kanguatjivi told The Namibian on Friday that the constituency is too large, forcing some residents to travel over 350 kilometres to reach the councillor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe demarcation of the constituency is on my agenda. Creating another constituency will bring services closer to the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kanguatjivi, a retired deputy police commissioner and former police spokesperson, said his priorities include improving communication, infrastructure and the inclusion of San community members in local governance structures.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he plans to push for the development of business incubation centres, feeder roads and water infrastructure, which he said are key to local development.<\/p>\n<p>Kanguatjivi also wants to revive agriculture by advocating for fair prices for farmers and livestock producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy guiding documents will be the Regional Councils Amendment Act No. 12 of 2002 and the constituency handbook for elected officials,\u201d he said, adding that he would use these tools to ensure accountability and effective governance.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to questions about whether his previous membership in the National Unity Democratic Organisation could affect his chances, Kanguatjivi said voters are mature enough to choose candidates based on merit rather than party loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the people of Otjombinde will know that on 26 November, whether I win or not, I will continue fighting for my community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kanguatjivi said he decided to run for office after witnessing a lack of tangible development in the constituency over the past 35 years, as well as due to encouragement from party members.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged to use his policing experience to help combat cross-border crimes such as stock theft, as the constituency shares a border with Botswana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The Popular Democratic Movement candidate for the Otjombinde constituency, Edwin Kanguatjivi, says if elected, he will advocate for the constituency to be divided into two to make government services more accessible. Kanguatjivi told The Namibian on Friday that the constituency is too large, forcing some residents to travel over 350 kilometres to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-94903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PDM\u2019s Kanguatjivi wants Otjombinde constituency split in two - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Popular Democratic Movement candidate for the Otjombinde constituency, Edwin Kanguatjivi, says if elected, he wil ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDM\u2019s Kanguatjivi wants Otjombinde constituency split in two\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Popular Democratic Movement candidate for the Otjombinde constituency, Edwin Kanguatjivi, says if elected, he wil ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-11T09:34:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-11T09:50:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/sm_1760163513.557738.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PDM\u2019s Kanguatjivi wants Otjombinde constituency split in two\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-11T09:34:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-11T09:50:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/sm_1760163513.557738.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/pdms-kanguatjivi-wants-otjombinde-constituency-split-in-two\",\"name\":\"PDM\u2019s Kanguatjivi wants Otjombinde constituency split in two - 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