Henock Sheya ya Kasita (1 January 1953 – 30 July 2021) was a Namibian politician who was the deputy minister of lands and resettlement from 2008 to 2010. He previously was deputy minister of mines and energy from 2003 to 2008,

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

chief whip in the National Council from 1994 to 2003. He was a member of the National Council for

Oshana Region Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Oshakati. The towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa, all situated with this region, form an urban cluster with the second largest population concentration in Namibia after the ...

from 1993 to 2010, and a founding councilor for

Okaku Constituency Okaku Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 19,262 inhabitants in 2004 and 10,384 registered voters . Its district capital is the settlement of Okaku. Okaku falls under the Ondonga Traditional Autho ...

in 1993 until 2010. He was also deputy chairperson for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) National Group from 1996 to 2000, and became its chairperson from 2000 to 2004.

Political life

Ya Kasita earned a Diploma in Infantry Battalion in the

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in 1978 and another Diploma in Social Science and Management from the Academy of Social Sciences in

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, in 1980 as well as Diploma, Major Infantry Battalion Commander, Odessa,

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, USSR and a Diploma in Journalism in

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High School Teacher's Certificate, Cuba, in 1986, and a Diploma in Marxist–Leninist Philosophy and International Political Relations in

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, Cuba. He had a Matric /Senior Certificate, Higher Institute, South Africa (1994) and read law at the

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, South Africa in 1999. He had a certificate from Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (2000).

Education

He began his career as a teacher at Eheke Senior Primary School in Oshana region in 1977 before fleeing into exile in Angola where he was AAD platoon commander at

Tobias Hainyeko Tobias Hainyeko (1932–1967) was a Namibian guerrilla fighter who served as the first commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) during the Namibian War of Independence from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Early life and career ...

Training College from 1978 to 1979. He was a detachment political commissar, NW Front (1980–1981), a political instructor for SWAPO-PLAN combatants in Angola (1981–1983), SWAPO deputy secretary for youth in Cuba (1983–1985); school principal for primary and junior secondary schools at Hosea Kutako, Island of Youth, Cuba (1986–1988); SWAPO regional mobiliser at Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region (1989–1990); SWAPO district co-ordinator, Okango,

Ohangwena Region Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi aa well as the self-governed village of Okongo. , Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters. Ohangw ...

(1990–1991); SWAPO regional mobiliser, Oshakati, Oshana region (1991–1992); SWAPO district co-ordinator for Okaku (1992). He was elected as a SWAPO member of the central committee in 1998.

References

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