Johannes Kamati Nakwafila (born 28 August 1957 in

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 ...

) is a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n politician. A teacher by profession, he has been a member of the

National Council of Namibia The National Council is the upper chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. It reviews bills passed by the lower chamber and makes recommendations for legislation of regional concern to the lower chamber. The 42 National Council members are in ...

since 2004 and Regional Councillor for Epembe Constituency since 1999.

Education and career

Nakwafila is a graduate of Ongwediva High School in 1977 and

Ongwediva College of Education The Ongwediva College of Education (OCE) was one of four pedagogical colleges in Namibia and also offered three-year undergraduate diploma courses in basic vocational education to elementary and high school teachers: the Basic Education Teacher Dipl ...

in 1979. As from 1980 to 1992, Nakwafila worked as a teacher and administrator at Epembe Combined School,

Nehale Senior Secondary School Nehale Senior Secondary School is a public school in Onayena, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. Established in 1976, it is among the oldest secondary schools in the region. Nehale SSS is named after Nehale Mpingana, king of the Ondonga. The school is ...

including as principal of Omishe Junior Primary School in 1992. He joined politics and served in the Ohangwena Regional Council from 1992 to 1998; Ohangwena Regional Council Management Committee 1999–2004; he was the SWAPO Party District Coordinator from 1993 to 1998 also a member of the third National Council Member for

2004–2010; and again for the fourth National Council Member for Ohangwena Region from 2010 to 2015. Nakwafila has served as the

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 ...

Party Councillor for Epembe Constituency since 1999; Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economy 2005–2010; Vice-Chairperson for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economy from 2011 to 2015.

References

1957 births Living people Members of the National Council (Namibia) People from Ohangwena Region SWAPO politicians {{Namibia-politician-stub